Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Welcome to GrabCraft!
GrabCraft.com (“Site”) is a website made for the purpose of uniting fans of Minecraft and allowing the Site’s users to access a simplified way to create pre-made in-game Minecraft models easily. The Site is owned by GrabCraft, which aims to create a large and comprehensive collection of blueprints of Minecraft models, therefore allowing players of Minecraft to both share their creativity and have the joy of experiencing the creativity of others by building the models on their own.
It is important to remember that Minecraft and all related brands and names are the property of Mojang. GrabCraft, the Site and any other present or future activity of GrabCraft are not associated or connected with, nor endorsed or approved by Mojang in any way. GrabCraft and the Site are not official. The Site is simply a website by and for the fans of Minecraft.
Purpose
The purpose of these Terms of Service (“Terms”) is to set out the rules for using the Site. These Terms are created to specify the rights and obligations of a user of the Site. The user is the person who uses the Site. The user is you and you are the user.
Using the Site constitutes accessing the Site in any way whatsoever, including but not limited to uploading any content, creating an account, downloading any information, or simply browsing the Site. If you are on the Site, you are already using it.
Please read these Terms carefully before using the Site. By using the Site, you are accepting these Terms without reservation. If you do not agree with these Terms and do not accept them, then you must not access or use the Site. You agree and warrant that you have the legal right and capacity to enter into these Terms and be legally bound by them wherever you may be situated or whatever your jurisdiction may be. You agree and warrant that your use of the Site must be in accordance with these Terms, and with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, both local and international.
GrabCraft retains the right to modify these Terms at any time and to any extent. All changes are effective immediately from the time of modification, or at a later date if specified otherwise. You must check the Terms regularly to make sure that your use of the Site complies with the latest rules laid down herein. If you object to the modifications made, then you must stop using the Site.
GrabCraft’s Privacy Policy is also an integral part of these Terms.
Personal account
The Site grants you the ability to create a personal account (“Account”). However, please bear in mind that these Terms apply to you whether you choose to create an Account or not. You may create an Account in order to share models that you have created, download software shared by GrabCraft on the Site, or access any other area of the Site, which is available only to users with an Account. GrabCraft may decide to limit or broaden these rights, if it deems it to be suitable. GrabCraft may do so without any previous notice.
By creating an Account, you agree to provide complete and accurate information. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy and confidentiality of the username and password of your Account. Creating an account means that you also accept sole responsibility for any activity that occurs on your Account or through it.
GrabCraft has the right to terminate your Account in its sole discretion, for any reason and at any time. For the purpose of these Terms, termination means either deleting your Account, suspending your Account, or temporarily or permanently disabling your access to your Account. When terminating an Account, GrabCraft may also choose to delete all or any data that you have uploaded or shared on the Site. If you act against these Terms, or illegally or unlawfully in any other way, GrabCraft will delete your Account.
GrabCraft has the right to completely remove or replace the system of Accounts which is described in these Terms. In doing so, GrabCraft may decide to declare every area of the Site public.
You must not create Accounts through unauthorized means, including but not limited to, by using a script, bot, spider, crawler, or other automated methods. Accounts created in such ways will be deleted.
User content
Some areas of the Site allow users to submit, post, upload or otherwise provide (“Share”) personal submissions in whichever form allowed by Grabcraft (“Content”).
You are also fully responsible for the legality of the Content you Share. By Sharing Content, you warrant that you own all rights to such Content, whether by creating the Content by yourself or by acquiring the rights through necessary legal means. You warrant and declare that no third parties have any rights related to the Content you Share. The exception to the rule is Mojang, who’s rights towards Minecraft and related branding must be followed and respected to the maximal extent specified by Mojang in their terms, conditions, end-user license agreements or any other contracts you have agreed to when using Minecraft.
When you Share Content, you agree that by doing so you provide GrabCraft with a worldwide, nonexclusive, royalty-free, and transferable right to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt and display on the Site such Content without limitation. This includes the right to make derivative works of such Content. GrabCraft shall do so with respect towards your name as the name of the author. You also allow GrabCraft to publish Content in a searchable format, which may be accessed through other websites and search engines.
Content which is considered against these Terms is Content which is illegal, harmful, insulting, defamatory, libelous, obscene, sexually explicit, abusive, or unlawful in any other way. Content which infringes or may infringe the intellectual, privacy-related or other rights of any other person, whether legal or natural, is also considered Content which is against these Terms. Content containing any software virus or other code, file, or program designed to damage, interfere with, intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information, is also considered Content which is against these Terms.
GrabCraft does not guarantee the legality of any information in any form, including links to third websites, which Shared Content may include. If you use the information provided in the Content in any way, you take sole responsibility for any undesirable effects the use of that information brings or might bring.
You acknowledge that GrabCraft has no obligation to monitor the Content you Share, but it may do so in its own discretion. If GrabCraft deems that the Content is against these Terms or otherwise unlawful, it may remove such Content.
If you use Content Shared on the Site, it must be for personal use only. You must not use the Content for commercial use.
Indemnity
You agree that you will defend, hold harmless and indemnify GrabCraft, its representatives, directors, shareholders, agents and employees for any and all claims, demands, causes of action, lawsuits arising out of your use of the Site in any form. Such indemnity includes the payment of attorneys’ fees and cost of other legal aid. You agree to cooperate with GrabCraft’s defense.
Liability
You agree that your use of the Site is at your own sole risk. GrabCraft does not provide or give any warranties in connection with the Site and your use of the Site.
GrabCraft is not liable for the accuracy or completeness of the Site’s content or the content of any sites linked to the Site. GrabCraft is not liable for:
- errors, mistakes, inaccuracies, or mistakes in the completeness, adequacy or reliability of any information on the Site;
- personal injury or property damage, of any nature whatsoever, resulting from your use of the Site;
- any unauthorized access GrabCraft’s servers, or any and all personal information or financial information stored in them;
- any interruption or cessation of transmission to or from the Site,
- any bugs, viruses, Trojan horses, or the like which may be transmitted to or through the Site;
- any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any content Shared via the Site.
GrabCraft is also not liable for any damages that might occur out of actions taken by GrabCraft, which are allowed to be taken by GrabCraft according to these Terms. GrabCraft is not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential damages whatsoever resulting from these aforementioned things.
Proprietary rights
GrabCraft holds the rights to the Site and all content related to it, including but not limited to, the name, logo, design, arrangement and code for the Site. GrabCraft does not hold rights for any content which belongs to Mojang.
GrabCraft especially holds the rights to the blueprints of models. You must not share or distribute the blueprints either by downloading them, recreating, or by taking pictures of the blueprints. You may only share them by directly linking to the blueprint on the Site.
You must not use any of GrabCraft’s content deceptively, whether by denying its connection with GrabCraft or otherwise. You must not modify, reproduce, transmit, or distribution in any form or by any means the content belonging to GrabCraft.
Copyright infringement procedure
If you believe that any of your copyrights have been infringed by GrabCraft or any user of GrabCraft, you must file the complaint using the following procedure and provide GrabCraft with:
- A copy of a legal document that supports your identity (passport, driver’s license, ID card, etc);
- Identification of the copyrighted work you believe to have been infringed;
- Identification of the material you believe to be infringing in a sufficiently precise manner to allow GrabCraft to locate that material;
- Any evidence you can collect to help to identify the copyright owner or to prove that you are the copyright owner;
- Adequate information by which we can contact you (including your full name, postal address, telephone number and e-mail address).
- A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law;
- A statement that the information in the written notice is accurate;
- A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you are, or are authorized to act on behalf of, the copyright owner.
Information listed above must be added to the complaint and sent to GrabCraft’s office address. All documents, including the complaint, must be signed. GrabCraft accepts documents sent by e-mail only if all documents are signed digitally. GrabCraft does not accept documents without signature or any signature that is not digital or on a hard copy. GrabCraft’s office address and e-mail address are provided for complainants in Terms and on GrabCraft’s homepage.
After receiving your complaint GrabCraft has 60 days to look through your case. In that period of time GrabCraft ascertains the subject matter of the dispute in the matter, determines the parties of the matter, verifies whether the claims and applications made in the complaint are well suited, proven and necessary for achieving the aim of the complaint and, where needful, suggests that the applicant amend the complaint.
GrabCraft returns the complaint to the person who submitted that complaint if the person has not submitted everything required in this subsection. Grabcraft also returns the complaint to the person who submitted that complaint if the complaint is not suited to achieve the aim it seeks to achieve or when there are no evidence to support the facts stated in the complaint.
Users are by any means obliged to follow this preliminary processing before taking any other legal action. If user fails to follow GrabCraft’s copyright infringement procedure before taking any other legal actions, the claim for damages caused (avoidable procedure expenses) will be filed against that user.
Privacy Policy
Our Use of Cookies
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
We use cookies for the following purposes:
(e) [advertising - we use cookies [to help us to display advertisements that will be relevant to you]; and
(f) [analysis - we use cookies [to help us to analyze the use and performance of our website and services];
We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);
(b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);
(c) http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);
(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);
(e) https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari); and
(f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).
Please note that blocking cookies may have a negative impact on the functions of many websites, including our Site. Some features of the Site may cease to be available to you.
Interest-Based Advertising
Advertising.
This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a CafeMedia (“CafeMedia”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and CafeMedia will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about CafeMedia’s data usage, click here: www.cafemedia.com/publisher-advertising-privacy-policy
Email Addresses
We may collect your email address, but only if you voluntarily provide it to us. This may occur, for example, if you sign up to receive an email newsletter, or enter a promotion. if you have provided your email address to us, we promise to use it only for the purposes for which it is provided. We will not use your email address to contact you for unrelated reasons. You may opt out of such email communications at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” button in the email.]
Additional Rights of EEA (European Economic Area) Residents
If you are a resident of a country in the EEA, you have the rights, among others, to:
(i) access your personal data
(ii) ensure the accuracy of your personal data
(iii) the right to have us delete your personal data
(iv) the right to restrict further processing of your personal data, and
(v) the right to complain to a supervisory authority in your country of residence in the event that data is misused
If you believe that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do so in the EU member state of your residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.
You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us addressed to the following: [email protected], Rebase tee 20, 76401 Tallinn
Sale of Business or Assets
In the event that the Site or substantially all of its assets is sold or disposed of as a going concern, whether by merger, sale of assets or otherwise, or in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership, the information we have collected about you may be one of the assets sold or merged in connection with that transaction.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most recent version of the Privacy Policy will always be posted on the Site, with the "Effective Date" posted at the top of the Policy. We may revise and update this Privacy Policy if our practices change, as technology changes, or as we add new services or change existing ones. If we make any material changes to our Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, or we are going to use any personal information in a manner that is materially different from that stated in our Privacy Policy at the time we collected such information, we will give you a reasonable opportunity to consent to the change. If you do not consent, your personal information will be used as agreed to under the terms of the privacy policy in effect at the time we obtained that information. By using our Site or services after the Effective Date, you are deemed to consent to our then-current privacy policy. We will use information previously obtained in accordance with the Privacy Policy in effect when the information was obtained from you.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or the practices of this Site, please contact us at [email protected]
Concluding Information
GrabCraft reserves the right at any time to modify, suspend or discontinue, either temporarily or permanently, the Site and all related services. GrabCraft takes no liability from any damages growing out of these actions.
If any of the provisions of these Terms is found to be invalid, it shall not have an effect on the validity of other provisions of these Terms.
You agree that these Terms and all claims or causes of action related to or arising in connection with these Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Estonia. If there is ever a legal dispute between you and GrabCraft, it will be held in the courts of Republic of Estonia.
These Terms constitute the final and complete agreement between you and GrabCraft. Any previous agreements or versions of Terms are hereby superseded:
The Contact Information of GrabCraft is as follows:
GrabCraft LLC
Rebase tee 20
76401 TALLINN
Estonia