Welcome to eTribute at The University of Texas at Austin. The use of eTribute is subject to the following terms. The University reserves the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these terms at any time. If you visit or create a tribute on the eTribute site, you accept these terms.

Privacy

Your privacy is important to us. Please review the University's privacy policy for more information.

Your Account

If you use this site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. If you are under 18, you may use eTribute only with the involvement of a parent or guardian. The University reserves the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in its sole discretion.

Copyright

All content created or provided by The University on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio or video clips, and digital downloads, is the property of The University of Texas at Austin or its content suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation consisting of all content on this site is the exclusive property of the University and protected by United States and international copyright laws.

Appropriate Content

Tribute creators can post text, photos, video, and audio files, so long as the content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of "spam." You may not use a false email address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of the tribute. The University reserves the right to remove or edit such content as part of its review of all tributes.

You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify The University of Texas at Austin for all claims resulting from content you supply.

Uploading Text, Photos, Video, and Audio

Text. eTribute enables you to create your own original text to commemorate or memorialize a special event: capture and publish your thoughts, feelings, and impressions. You may wish to quote from other sources, but your quotes should be properly attributed and must be short to qualify as a fair use under the Copyright Act. Please do not include or build upon characters and plots found in others' works, such as books, movies or television shows, without their owners' express permission. eTribute will not be able to publish your expression if it contains or builds upon such works without permission.

Photos. Please feel free to include snapshots of family and friends or photographs of your own original artwork. As is true for text, photographs also enjoy federal copyright protection, so please be sure that the photos you include were taken by you or your family members. eTribute is not able to publish others' photographs and images without their express permission, even if they are freely available elsewhere on the Web. We also cannot publish images that incorporate or build upon others' ccharacters and images without their permission.

Video. eTribute welcomes your original short video clips of family, friends and special events, or your own creative video works. eTribute cannot publish clips of television shows or movies without express permission so please do not post them or include them in your own video. Also, please do not include or build upon characters or plot elements from books, television shows or movies without their owners' permission.

Audio. You may wish to include a special song or other audio file as part of your video clip. Published musical works are also protected by federal copyright. eTribute will not be able to post your video if it includes a copyrighted musical work or audio file without the owners' express permission.

Processing Monetary Donations

The donation you make to The University of Texas at Austin through your tribute will support enhancements to the Tower Garden. eTribute will process your credit card gift at the time that you create and submit your completed tribute. Your gift is tax deductible to the full extent of the law.

eTribute cannot accept multiple gifts for a single tribute at this time. Only one credit card can be accepted per tribute. The individual whose name is on the credit card will receive an acknowledgment and an official tax receipt from the University. The tax receipt will be emailed to the individual whose email address appears on eTribute's Donor Account Registration Form.

Perpetual Tributes

The University will display your tribute on its eTribute public web site permanently, unless you request otherwise in writing.