Terms of Use

These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of Galveston Current, including its website, accounts, event listings, submission tools, correction tools, partner information, and related services. Galveston Current is owned and operated by Octopus Development LLC, a Texas limited liability company.

By using Galveston Current, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the service.

1. What Galveston Current provides

Galveston Current is an independent event-discovery service covering Galveston Island. It provides event information, venue information, discovery pages, correction tools, and ways for organizers and community members to submit information for editorial review.

Galveston Current is not an official government, tourism, venue, ticketing, emergency-notification, or event-organizer service. We do not guarantee exhaustive coverage.

2. Eligibility and accounts

You must be at least 13 years old to create an account. If you are under 18, you may use an account only with the permission of a parent or legal guardian.

You must provide accurate account information, protect your password and sign-in methods, and notify us if you believe your account has been compromised. You may not impersonate another person or organization or create an account for unlawful, deceptive, or abusive purposes.

Email confirmation and acceptance of the current Terms and event-submission license may be required before you can submit an event or request a change.

3. Event information and editorial review

Account holders may draft and submit event information for review. Submission does not guarantee publication, timing, placement, prominence, continued availability, or inclusion in any particular category or guide.

Galveston Current may verify, edit for clarity or formatting, combine duplicates, request more information, decline, archive, correct, postpone, cancel, or remove a listing. Account holders cannot publish or directly alter a live listing. Approved changes are applied through editorial review.

You are responsible for keeping information you submit accurate and for promptly reporting cancellations, postponements, material schedule changes, access restrictions, and other facts that could affect the public.

4. Event-submission license

When you submit event information, descriptions, images, logos, links, or other material, you agree to the current Event Submission License. That license is part of these Terms.

You retain ownership of material you own. The license gives Octopus Development LLC the limited rights needed to review, format, publish, distribute, archive, and promote the listing and the Galveston Current service.

5. Your representations

By submitting material, you represent that:

• the information is accurate to the best of your knowledge;
• you are authorized to submit it;
• you have the rights or permissions needed for any text, image, logo, link, or other material provided;
• publication will not violate another person's copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, contractual, or other rights;
• the submission is not fraudulent, deceptive, defamatory, unlawful, malicious, or intended to facilitate harm;
• you will not submit private personal information that should not appear in a public event listing.

6. Prohibited use

You may not:

• interfere with the service, security controls, rate limits, accounts, or database;
• scrape, probe, attack, overload, reverse engineer, or attempt unauthorized access;
• submit malware, deceptive links, spam, fabricated events, impersonation, or fraudulent promotions;
• harvest personal information from the service;
• use the service to violate law or another person's rights;
• misrepresent Galveston Current as an official sponsor, organizer, government service, or endorsement.

Reasonable use of public listings for personal event discovery is permitted. Commercial reuse, bulk republication, or automated extraction may require written permission.

7. Corrections, cancellations, and removal requests

Use the Contact & Corrections page or the account change-request tools to report an error, cancellation, postponement, ownership concern, or removal request. We may request verification before changing a listing.

We aim to review time-sensitive corrections promptly, but we do not guarantee immediate action. For emergencies, safety issues, ticketing problems, refunds, or venue access, contact the organizer, venue, ticketing provider, or emergency service directly.

Our Correction and Removal Policy is incorporated into these Terms.

8. Sponsored and partner content

Paid or sponsored placements will be clearly labeled. Payment may affect presentation, prominence, or distribution, but it does not guarantee editorial inclusion, positive coverage, or immunity from correction or removal.

Standard event listings remain free when they meet the editorial policy. Sponsored relationships do not change the requirement that public information be accurate and useful.

Our Sponsored-Content Disclosure is incorporated into these Terms.

9. Third-party services and transactions

Listings may link to organizers, venues, ticket sellers, social networks, maps, advertisers, partners, or other third parties. Galveston Current does not control those services and is not responsible for their content, availability, security, accessibility, pricing, refunds, transactions, policies, or conduct.

A listing is not a guarantee that an event will occur or that tickets, parking, accommodations, accessibility features, or other services will be available. Verify important details with the organizer or venue before traveling or purchasing.

10. Galveston Current intellectual property

Galveston Current's branding, original design, software, editorial organization, original text, and other material owned by Octopus Development LLC are protected by applicable law. These Terms do not transfer ownership to you.

You may link to public pages and share brief factual listing information for personal and non-deceptive purposes. You may not copy the service, remove ownership notices, present our work as your own, or use our branding in a way that suggests authorization or endorsement.

11. Account suspension and deletion

We may restrict or suspend an account that violates these Terms, threatens security, abuses submission tools, or creates legal or operational risk.

You may request account deletion through your account page. Deletion is reviewed by staff so open submissions, change requests, event ownership, staff roles, and public records can be handled correctly. Published event records, resolved editorial records, audit history, legal-compliance records, and information we must retain may remain after an account is deleted. Personal information will be handled under the Privacy Policy.

12. Service availability and changes

We may modify, suspend, or discontinue features and may change these Terms. Material changes will be posted with a new effective date and, when appropriate, presented for renewed acceptance.

We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability, error-free operation, permanent storage, or compatibility with every device or browser.

13. Disclaimers

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Galveston Current is provided “as is” and “as available.” Octopus Development LLC disclaims warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, noninfringement, and accuracy.

Event information can change without notice. You are responsible for confirming important details with the organizer or venue and for making your own decisions about attendance, travel, purchases, safety, weather, accessibility, and suitability.

Nothing in these Terms excludes a warranty or right that cannot legally be excluded.

14. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Octopus Development LLC and its owners, personnel, contractors, and service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages; lost profits or data; missed events; travel costs; ticket losses; or harm arising from third-party conduct or inaccurate event information.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, total liability arising from Galveston Current will not exceed the greater of the amount you paid directly to Octopus Development LLC for the service giving rise to the claim during the preceding 12 months or $100.

This limitation does not apply where liability cannot legally be limited.

15. Responsibility for submitted content

You are responsible for claims, losses, or expenses arising from material you submit, your violation of these Terms, or your infringement of another person's rights. Octopus Development LLC may control the defense of a claim involving the operation or integrity of Galveston Current, and you agree to provide reasonable cooperation.

16. Governing law and disputes

Texas law governs these Terms, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Before filing a claim, contact us and allow a reasonable opportunity to resolve the issue informally.

Any court proceeding must be brought in a state or federal court with jurisdiction in Galveston County, Texas, unless applicable law requires otherwise.

17. Contact

Questions about these Terms may be sent to octopusdevelopmentllc@gmail.com.