NOOK™ TERMS OF SERVICE
These Terms of Service (this "Agreement") is a
legally binding agreement made by and between Barnes & Noble, Inc.
("we," "us," or "our") and you regarding your use
of your NOOK™ eReader ("NOOK").
THIS AGREEMENT SETS FORTH THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
APPLICABLE TO THE USE OF YOUR NOOK, SO PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY BEFORE USING
YOUR NOOK. BY USING YOUR NOOK, YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND AND
AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE SO BOUND, YOU
MUST RETURN YOUR NOOK AND RELATED SOFTWARE AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 1(b) BELOW.
1. Using Your NOOK.
(a) Your NOOK, the Service and Digital Content. Your
NOOK is an electronic device that is designed to allow you to read digitized
electronic content such as eBooks and digital periodicals ("Digital
Content"). Your NOOK is also designed to connect wirelessly to the
Internet to enable you to browse, preview, search for, purchase and download
Digital Content; access the Barnes & Noble.com Web Site (the "Web
Site") and other web sites; interface with social networking sites; and
access, use, and participate in other services, features, functions and
promotions (all features described in this sentence, collectively, the
"Service"). Your NOOK
also allows you to load and access your own content onto the device for your
personal use (“Sideloaded Content”).
(b) Returns. If you purchased your NOOK from the
Web Site or a Barnes & Noble retail store, you may return your NOOK (and
any related accessories and documentation that were shipped with your NOOK)
within fourteen (14) days of the date of purchase (sixty (60) days with a gift
receipt) for a refund of its purchase price; provided that you return your NOOK
(including any included accessories and peripherals) in its original packaging
and in undamaged condition. The procedures for contacting us to arrange for a
return are provided in the One Year Limited Warranty. If you discover a
defect in your NOOK after fourteen (14) days (sixty (60) days with a gift
receipt), your rights to receive a replacement NOOK or a refund are provided in
the One Year Limited Warranty.
If you purchased your NOOK from another retailer, your right to return
your NOOK (and procedures for doing so) will be governed by the policies of
that retailer. Please check with
your retailer for the applicable returns policy and procedure.
(c) Terms of Use. You must open a Barnes &
Noble.com account and register your NOOK in accordance with the Terms of Use on
the Web Site (the "Terms of Use") in order to use the Service. In
your use of the Service, in particular, your downloading and use of Digital
Content, you must comply with the Terms of Use and any terms applicable to any
Digital Content that you obtain from a third party. The Terms of Use will apply
when you access the Web Site in connection with using your NOOK.
(d) Wireless Connection. Your NOOK has built-in
wireless Internet connectivity capabilities. The connectivity is subject to restrictions and limitations
imposed by the internet service provider associated with the Wi-Fi hotspot that
you use, such as fees, coverage area, file size and policies. You can choose to connect or disconnect at
any point to a different Wi-Fi hotspot and thus choose a different ISP service. Such Internet connectivity capability
is also subject to the limitations inherent in the type of NOOK that you
own.
(e) B&N Online
Library. Your NOOK is designed
to permit you to store your account information and all Digital Content that
you purchase in an online “library” hosted in our “cloud” storage
facility. When your NOOK is
connected to the Internet, we will use reasonable efforts to permit you to
access this library. You should
note that most Digital Content is intended to be stored for as long as we offer
the Service, except that Digital Content periodicals, such as newspapers and
magazines, may be set to be automatically deleted after a certain period of
time (depending on the periodical).
If you want to automatically archive your periodical Digital Content,
you should check the appropriate settings on your NOOK to ensure that it is set
up to do so.
(f) No Responsibility for Digital Content or Sideloaded
Content. Your NOOK is designed to permit you access to a wide variety of
Digital Content, some of which may be inappropriate for, or offensive to, some
readers. We do not exercise any editorial control over the Digital Content. We
provide only your NOOK and the Service, which are intended to allow you access
to the Digital Content. Under no circumstance will we be liable for any loss,
damage or harm caused by your access to or reliance on the Digital Content. You
must determine whether the Digital Content accessed through your NOOK is
appropriate, useful, accurate and complete. Your use of the Digital Content and
the Service is solely at your own risk.
Further, it is possible that an update to the NOOK software or an error
in the NOOK or Services may cause a loss of data, including your Sideloaded
Content. You should keep a backup
copy of your Sideloaded content at all times; we are not responsible for any
loss of Sideloaded Content that may occur for any reason. You represent and warrant that you have
all rights (including intellectual property rights) necessary to copy, use and
access the Sideloaded Content via your NOOK; we have no responsibility with
respect to your use of the Sideloaded Content.
(g) Social Features. Your NOOK contains certain
social features, such as Nook Friends and access to Facebook, that allow you to
share information (including the contents of your library) with other people.
Social features provided by Barnes & Noble will provide privacy settings
that allow you to control some elements of these features. You are responsible
for the privacy settings on any third-party social features enabled via Your
NOOK. Barnes & Noble is not responsible for any information that you may
share as a result of enabling any social features.
2. License and Intellectual Property.
(a) License. Subject to your compliance with and
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, we grant you a non-exclusive,
revocable license to make personal, non-commercial use of: (i) the Service;
(ii) the software loaded onto your NOOK, as may be updated, modified, added to
or upgraded from time to time (the "Software"); and (iii) any printed
or electronic documentation for such Software (the "Documentation"),
all solely for the purposes that we intend, as described on the Web Site and in
the Documentation.
(b) Third-Party Software. Certain portions of the
Software are subject to separate licensing terms as set forth in Attachment
1. By using your NOOK, you agree
that you have read, understand and agree to be bound by such terms. Such portions of the Software are also
subject to the copyright notices contained in such Attachment and in the User
Guide.
(c) Reservation of Rights. The sale of your NOOK to
you does not transfer to you any right, title or interest in or to any of our
intellectual property rights or those of our suppliers or licensors. For example, all Software is either owned
by us or is the property of our suppliers or licensors. The Software has been licensed, not
sold, to you. © 2010-2011 BARNES & NOBLE, INC. AND ITS SUPPLIERS AND
LICENSORS, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Patent Pending. Most trademarks shown on your NOOK,
such as NOOK™, n™, Daily Shelf™, LendMe™,
More In Store™, Read In Store™, Read Forever™, Barnes & Noble® and B&N®, are owned by Barnes & Noble, Inc. or its
subsidiaries. Certain other trademarks shown on your NOOK or
through the Service are owned by our suppliers or licensors or other third
parties. Please see the attribution page in the User Guide for more
information. All Rights Reserved. Other than the limited license granted
to you in this Section 2, you have no other right, title or interest in or to the
Service, Software or Documentation. Any rights not expressly granted to you are
fully reserved by us and our suppliers or licensors, as applicable, and no such
rights are conferred by estoppel, operation of law, implication or otherwise.
(d) Restrictions. Except as may be expressly
permitted by this Agreement, you may not, directly or indirectly: (i) use the
Software on any device other than your NOOK; (ii) use, copy, modify, distribute
copies of, display or transmit the Software; (iii) disassemble, reverse
engineer, emulate, decompile, tamper with, create derivative works from or
otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the Software or the technology
used to provide the Service or attempt to reduce the Software to human-readable
form; (iv) bypass, modify, defeat, tamper with or circumvent any of the
security features of your NOOK or the Service, including, without limitation,
altering any digital rights management functionality of your NOOK or the
Software; or (v) share access to the Software or Service, whether through a
network, resale or other means.
(e) U.S. Government End Users. The Software and
Documentation are "commercial computer software" or "commercial
computer software documentation" as those terms are defined in 48 C.F.R.
252.227-7014(a)(1) (2007) and 252.227-7014(a)(5) (2007). The U.S. Government's
rights with respect to the Software and Documentation are limited by this
Agreement pursuant to FAR §§ 12.212 (Computer Software) (1995) and 12.211
(Technical Data) (1995) and/or DFAR 227.7202-3, as applicable. As such, the
Software and Documentation are being licensed to the U.S. Government end users:
(i) only as "Commercial Items" as that term is defined in FAR 2.101
generally and as incorporated in DFAR 212.102; and (ii) with only those limited
rights as are granted to the public pursuant to this Agreement. Under no
circumstance will the U.S. Government or its end users be granted any greater
rights than we grant to other users, as provided for in this Agreement.
3. Prohibited Conduct. In your use of your NOOK or
the Service, you may not: (i) transfer the Digital Content from one electronic
reading device to another without maintaining the applicable digital rights
management solution for that Digital Content; (ii) infringe, violate, or interfere
with any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity or any
other right of any party; (iii) violate any law, rule or regulation, including,
without limitation, U.S. export control laws; (iv) copy, transfer, sublicense,
assign, rent, lease, lend, resell or in any way transfer any rights to all or
any portion of the Digital Content to any third party, except in connection
with the normal use of the lending feature available through the Service, or as
expressly permitted by the Terms of Use or applicable third-party
license agreement; (v) broadcast, transmit or distribute the Digital Content in
any manner, such as online streaming or making the Digital Content available
for download; (vi) interfere with or damage the Service, including, without
limitation, through the use of viruses, cancel bots, Trojan horses, harmful
code, flood pings, denial of service attacks, packet or IP spoofing, forged
routing or electronic mail address information or similar methods or
technology; (vii) violate any third-party contract or policy governing the
Service, Software or Digital Content; (viii) open, modify, service or tamper
with your NOOK; (ix) engage in any activity that interferes with any third
party's ability to use or enjoy the Service; (x) delete, destroy or alter in
any manner the proprietary rights notices, markings and legends appearing on
your NOOK, or the Digital Content, Software or Service; or (xi) assist or
encourage any third party in engaging in any activity prohibited by this Agreement.
4. Privacy and Security.
(a) Privacy. You agree that we may use, collect and
share your information in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Without
limitation, we will collect, use and/or disclose information regarding you and
your use of your NOOK and the Service in order to: (i) provide the Service to
you; (ii) permit you to engage in activities that you initiate through the
Service, such as purchasing Digital Content and reviewing products; and (iii)
analyze, operate, support, maintain and improve your NOOK or the Service.
(b) Security. We employ measures designed to ensure
the security of the Service, but, as provided below, make no guarantees in this
regard.
5. SUPPORT. WE HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO MAINTAIN OR
SUPPORT THE SOFTWARE OR THE SERVICE.
YOUR ability to access CERTAIN DIGITAL content from
a given source may depend on YOUR obtaining and installing updated versionS of
the Software. WE AND OUR
SUPPLIERS OR LICENSORS MAY, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE TO YOU, PERIODICALLY ACCESS
YOUR NOOK REMOTELY TO UPDATE, MODIFY, ADD TO OR UPGRADE THE SOFTWARE. IN RARE
INSTANCES, SUCH UPDATES, MODIFICATIONS, ADDITIONS OR UPGRADES MAY CAUSE DATA
LOSS OR OTHER ISSUES. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR REGULARLY BACKING UP THE
DATA STORED ON YOUR NOOK TO PREVENT THIS FROM OCCURRING.
6. Indemnification. You will defend, indemnify and
hold us and our affiliates, and our and their employees, representatives,
agents, attorneys, directors, officers, managers, shareholders, suppliers and
licensors (the "Indemnified Parties") harmless from any damage, loss,
cost or expense (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and costs)
incurred in connection with any third-party claim, demand or action
("Claim") brought or asserted against any of the Indemnified Parties
arising from, related to, or connected with your alleged breach of this
Agreement. If you are obligated to provide indemnification pursuant to this
provision, we may, in our sole and absolute discretion, control the disposition
of any Claim at your sole cost and expense. Without limitation of the
foregoing, you may not settle, compromise or in any other manner dispose of any
Claim without our written consent.
7. DISCLAIMERS; EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS.
(a) DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. EXCEPT FOR THE ONE
YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY THAT WE PROVIDE FOR YOUR NOOK, WE AND OUR SUPPLIERS
AND LICENSORS PROVIDE YOUR NOOK, THE DIGITAL CONTENT, THE SOFTWARE AND THE
SERVICE ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT ANY
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER. THE USE OF YOUR NOOK, THE SERVICE,
DIGITAL CONTENT AND SOFTWARE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. WE DO NOT REPRESENT OR
WARRANT THAT YOUR NOOK, THE SOFTWARE, THE SERVICE OR THE DIGITAL CONTENT, OR
ITS OR THEIR USE WILL: (I) BE UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE; (II) BE FREE OF DEFECTS,
INACCURACIES OR ERRORS; OR (III) MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY
AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, LACK OF HIDDEN OR
LATENT DEFECTS, SECURITY, MERCHANTABILITY, QUIET ENJOYMENT AND
NON-INFRINGEMENT.
(b) EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW, WE AND OUR SUPPLIERS AND LICENSORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU
OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR
OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING FROM, RELATING TO OR CONNECTED WITH YOUR
PURCHASE OR USE OF YOUR NOOK, THE SERVICE, THE SOFTWARE, OR THE DIGITAL
CONTENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUE OR LOST
DATA, REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION ON WHICH THE CLAIM IS BASED, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, NEGLIGENCE, TORT, CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, PRODUCT
DEFECT OR MISREPRESENTATION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES.
(c) LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL OUR OR OUR SUPPLIERS' OR LICENSORS'
AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING FROM, RELATING TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
AGREEMENT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CLAIMS RELATING TO YOUR NOOK, THE
DIGITAL CONTENT, THE SOFTWARE OR THE SERVICE) EXCEED THE PRICE PAID BY YOU FOR
YOUR NOOK.
(d) STATE LAW. CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW
LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN
DAMAGES. AS SUCH, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS OR
LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
(e) ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. UNLESS LIMITED OR MODIFIED
BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS APPLY,
EVEN IF ANY REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
8. Force Majeure. We will not be liable for failing
to perform under this Agreement because of any event beyond our reasonable
control, including, without limitation, a labor disturbance, an Internet outage
or interruption of service, a communications outage, failure by a service provider
or any other third party to perform, fire, an act of terrorism, natural
disaster or war.
9. Choice of Law. The laws of the State of New York
will govern and be used to interpret this Agreement, without giving effect to
any principle that would allow for the application of the law of any other
State. For purposes of any Claim that is not subject to the arbitration
procedures in Section 10 below, we both agree to submit to the nonexclusive
personal jurisdiction of the courts located within New York County, New York
and waive any objection to the laying of venue of any litigation in said
courts.
10. Dispute Resolution. Any Claim arising from,
relating to, or connected with this Agreement will be resolved through binding
arbitration conducted by telephone, online or based solely upon written
submissions where no in-person appearance is required. In such cases, the
arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association under
its Commercial Arbitration Rules (including, without limitation, the
Supplementary Procedures for Consumer-Related Disputes, if applicable), and
judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court
having jurisdiction thereof. Notwithstanding this Section 10, we may bring a
claim for injunctive or other equitable relief in any court of competent
jurisdiction as necessary to enforce our intellectual property rights or those
of our affiliates, suppliers, or licensors. Any Claim will be arbitrated or
litigated, as the case may be, on an individual basis and shall not be
consolidated with any Claim of any other party whether through class action
proceedings, class arbitration proceedings or otherwise. EACH OF THE PARTIES
HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO
A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. FURTHER, EACH PARTY CERTIFIES THAT NO
REPRESENTATIVE OR AGENT OF EITHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR
OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF SUCH LITIGATION, SEEK TO
ENFORCE THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL PROVISION. Each of the parties
acknowledges that this Section is a material inducement for the other party to
enter into this Agreement. You acknowledge and agree that, regardless of any
statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action you may have
arising out of, relating to, or in connection with this Agreement must be filed
within one (1) calendar year after such claim or cause of action arises, or
forever be barred.
11. Termination of the Service.
(a) By Us. If we have a reasonable basis to believe
that you have violated any term or condition of this Agreement or may cause us,
our suppliers or licensors, or another user of the Service financial loss or
legal liability, we may, in our sole discretion, upon notice to you, issue a
warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate any of your
rights to use or access all or any part of the Service.
(b) By You. You may terminate your use of the Service
at any time by ceasing all use of the Service and deregistering your NOOK by
following the process provided for on the Web Site.
(c) Effect of Termination. Following termination or
suspension, you will not be permitted to use the Service, though termination/suspension
of your right to use the Service will not affect your right to view Digital
Content that you have already lawfully acquired and downloaded to your NOOK. If
your access to the Service is terminated or suspended, we reserve the right to exercise
whatever means we deem necessary to prevent unauthorized access to the Service,
including, but not limited to, technological barriers, IP mapping and our
direct contacts with telecommunications companies. This Agreement will survive
indefinitely unless and until we choose to terminate it, regardless of whether
any account you open is terminated by you or us or if you have the right to
access or use the Service. You are responsible for payment of all outstanding
balances accrued up to and through the termination date. All amounts paid to us
are non-refundable, unless otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement,
the One-Year Limited Warranty, or the Terms of Use.
12. Notice. You hereby consent to receive
electronic communications from us, whether addressed to the email address
associated with your Barnes & Noble.com account or other email address that
you provide to us, or sent directly to your NOOK. You acknowledge and agree
that any communication via email, message to your device or by postings on the
Web Site satisfies any legal requirement that such communications be made in
writing. You may give notice to us via email to the following address:
nook@barnesandnoble.com. If you have general questions regarding your NOOK, you
may also call 1-800-THE-BOOK or 1-201-438-1834, though such a call will not
suffice for notice under this paragraph. Notice will be effective upon our
sending or receipt of it, as applicable.
13. Changes to Service; Amendment. We may, in our
sole discretion, change, modify, suspend, make improvements to or discontinue
any aspect of the Service, temporarily or permanently, at any time without
notice to you, and we will not be liable for doing so.
14. Assignment. This Agreement and all of your
rights and obligations under it may not be assignable or transferable by you
without our prior written consent. You may, however, sell, give away, or
otherwise transfer your NOOK; provided, however, that the person to whom you
transfer your NOOK must register your NOOK in their name. You will be
responsible for all use of your NOOK until that NOOK is registered in their
name. Similarly, if you lend your NOOK to another person or another person
otherwise uses your NOOK, you will be responsible for that person's use of your
NOOK. We may freely assign or transfer this Agreement or any of our rights and
obligations under it.
15. Additional Terms. This Agreement contains the
entire understanding between you and us regarding the use of your NOOK and the
Service, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and
understandings between you and us regarding this subject matter. The provisions
of this Agreement are intended to be severable. If for any reason any provision
of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any
applicable jurisdiction, such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without in any
manner affecting the validity or enforceability thereof in any other
jurisdiction or the remaining provisions hereof in that or any other
jurisdiction. Our affiliates, suppliers and licensors are intended third-party
beneficiaries of this Agreement. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right
or provision of this Agreement will not operate as a waiver of such right or
provision. This Agreement is binding upon each party and its successors and
permitted assigns.
ATTACHMENT 1
THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE TERMS
1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, certain components of the Software are licensed subject to the
General Public License Version 2.0, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A
(the "GPL License"). You may not use these components except in
compliance with the GPL License. In addition, you may have additional rights with
respect to such components under the GPL License, including, without
limitation, the right to obtain the source code for such components from us.
You may obtain a copy of such source code by contacting us through the contact
information provided on the Web Site. We will provide such source code in
accordance with the GPL License.
2. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, certain components of the Software are licensed subject to the GNU
Lesser General Public License version 2.1, a copy of which is attached as
Exhibit B (the “LGPL”). You
may not use these components except in compliance with the LGPL. In addition, you may have additional
rights with respect to such components under the LGPL. You may
obtain a copy of such source code by contacting us through the contact
information provided on the Web Site. We will provide such source code in
accordance with the LGPL.
3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, certain components of the Software (as defined herein) are licensed
subject to the Apache License, Version 2.0, a copy of which is attached as
Exhibit C (the "Apache License"). You may not use these components
except in compliance with the Apache License. In addition, you may have
additional rights with respect to such components under the Apache License.
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
under the Apache License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the Apache
License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
the Apache License.
4. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
certain components of the Software are licensed subject to the third-party
rights and terms of the licenses and permission notices reproduced on Exhibit
D. You may not use these
components except in compliance with the applicable licenses and permission
notices. In addition, you may have
additional rights with respect to such components under such licenses and
permission notices.
Exhibit A
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, June 1991
Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license
document, but changing it is not allowed.
Preamble
The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
freedom to share and change it. By
contrast, the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom
to share and change free software--to make sure the software is free for all
its users. This General Public
License applies to most of the Free Software Foundation’s software and to any
other program whose authors commit to using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by
the GNU Lesser General Public License instead.) You can apply it to your programs, too.
When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
price. Our General Public Licenses
are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of
free software (and charge for this service if you wish), that you receive
source code or can get it if you want it, that you can change the software or
use pieces of it in new free programs; and that you know you can do these
things.
To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid
anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights. These restrictions translate to certain
responsibilities for you if you distribute copies of the software, or if you
modify it.
For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether
gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that you
have. You must make sure that
they, too, receive or can get the source code. And you must show them these terms so they know their
rights.
We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and (2) offer you this license
which gives you legal permission to copy, distribute and/or modify the
software.
Also, for each author’s protection and ours, we want to make
certain that everyone understands that there is no warranty for this free
software. If the software is
modified by someone else and passed on, we want its recipients to know that what
they have is not the original, so that any problems introduced by others will
not reflect on the original authors’ reputations.
Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software
patents. We wish to avoid the
danger that redistributors of a free program will individually obtain patent
licenses, in effect making the program proprietary. To prevent this, we have made it clear that any patent must
be licensed for everyone’s free use or not licensed at all.
The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and
modification follow.
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
0. This
License applies to any program or other work which contains a notice placed by
the copyright holder saying it may be distributed under the terms of this
General Public License. The
“Program”, below, refers to any such program or work, and a “work based on the
Program” means either the Program or any derivative work under copyright
law: that is to say, a work containing
the Program or a portion of it, either verbatim or with modifications and/or
translated into another language.
(Hereinafter, translation is included without limitation in the term
“modification”.) Each licensee is
addressed as “you”.
Activities
other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered by this
License; they are outside its scope.
The act of running the Program is not restricted, and the output from
the Program is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the Program
(independent of having been made by running the Program). Whether that is true depends on what
the Program does.
1. You
may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program’s source code as you
receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately
publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of
warranty; keep intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the
absence of any warranty; and give any other recipients of the Program a copy of
this License along with the Program.
You may
charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and you may at your
option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee.
2. You
may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion of it, thus forming
a work based on the Program, and copy and distribute such modifications or work
under the terms of Section 1 above, provided that you also meet all of these
conditions:
a) You
must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that you
changed the files and the date of any change.
b) You
must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part
contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as
a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License.
c) If
the modified program normally reads commands interactively when run, you must
cause it, when started running for such interactive use in the most ordinary
way, to print or display an announcement including an appropriate copyright
notice and a notice that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide
a warranty) and that users may redistribute the program under these conditions,
and telling the user how to view a copy of this License. (Exception: if the Program itself is
interactive but does not normally print such an announcement, your work based
on the Program is not required to print an announcement.)
These
requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If identifiable sections of that work are not derived from
the Program, and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in
themselves, then this License, and its terms, do not apply to those sections
when you distribute them as separate works. But when you distribute the same sections as part of a whole
which is a work based on the Program, the distribution of the whole must be on
the terms of this License, whose permissions for other licensees extend to the
entire whole, and thus to each and every part regardless of who wrote it.
Thus, it is
not the intent of this section to claim rights or contest your rights to work
written entirely by you; rather, the intent is to exercise the right to control
the distribution of derivative or collective works based on the Program.
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+/* These
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|
+ * Lee Hollingworth |
|
+ *
http://c-faq.com/osdep/kbhit.txt |
|
+ * Floyd L. Davidson |
|
+ *
http://kasperd.net/~kasperd/comp.os.linux.development/ncurses2.txt |
|
+ * |
|
+ * Both authors have expressed their
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PERMITTED, AT&T' SOLE LIABILITY TO YOU UNDER THESE TERMS SHALL BE LIMITED TO
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY PAID TO AT&T BY YOU FOR USE OF THE SERVICE.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and
hold harmless AT&T and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents,
co-branders, licensors or other partners and employees from any claim or demand,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising
out of: (a) content you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available
through the Service; (b) your use of the Service; (c) your violation of these
TOS; (d) your violation of the AUP; (d) your violation of any rights of
another; and (e) use of your account and any Sub-Account whether or not such
usage is expressly authorized by you.
Liability of Customer
YOU HAVE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ADEQUATE PROTECTION AND BACKUP OF DATA AND/OR EQUIPMENT USED IN CONNECTION
WITH THE SERVICE AND WILL NOT MAKE A CLAIM AGAINST AT&T FOR LOST DATA,
RE-RUN TIME, INACCURATE OUTPUT, WORK DELAYS OR LOST PROFITS RESULTING FROM THE
USE OF THE SERVICE AND MATERIALS.
YOU AGREE TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY
AND HOLD HARMLESS AT&T (INCLUDING ITS PARENT AND AFFILIATE COMPANIES,
EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND AGENTS) FROM, AND YOU COVENANT NOT TO SUE
AT&T FOR, ANY CLAIMS BASED ON, OR STEMMING FROM, YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE
AND MATERIALS.
Local Laws; Export Control
AT&T and/or the
applicable Third Party Provider control and operate this Service from its or
their headquarters in various locations in the United States of America and
makes no representation that these Materials or the Service are appropriate or available
for use in other locations. If you use this Service or the Materials from other
locations, you are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws
including but not limited to the export and import regulations of other
countries.
Unless otherwise explicitly
stated, all marketing or promotional materials provided with or through this
the Materials or the Service are solely directed to individuals, companies or
other entities located in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
You acknowledge and agree that Materials are subject to the U.S. Export
Administration Laws and Regulations. Diversion of such Materials contrary to
U.S. law is prohibited. You agree that none of the Materials, nor any direct
product there from, is being or will be acquired for, shipped, transferred, or
re-exported, directly or indirectly, to proscribed or embargoed countries or
their nationals, nor be used for nuclear activities, chemical biological
weapons, or missile projects unless authorized by the U.S. Government.
Proscribed countries are set forth in the U.S. Export Administration
Regulations. Countries subject to U.S. embargo are: Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya,
North Korea, Syria, and the Sudan. This list is subject to change without
further notice from AT&T, and you must comply with the list as it exists in
fact. You certify that you are not on the U.S. Department of Commerce's Denied
Persons List or affiliated lists or on the U.S. Department of Treasury's
Specially Designated Nationals List. You agree to comply strictly with all U.S.
export laws and assume sole responsibility for obtaining licenses to export or
re-export as may be required.
U.S. Government Rights
The Materials on this Service
are provided with the following restrictions: Use, duplication, or disclosure
by the U.S. Government is subject to the restrictions set forth in the FAR
52.227-19 (June 1987), FAR 52.227-14 (ALT II & ALT III) (June 1987), or if
DoD, as specified in DFARS 252.7202-1(a) and 252.7202-3(a) and vendor's
applicable license terms, and DFARS 252.227-7013 (Nov 1995) and
252.227-7014(Nov 1995), as applicable. Use of the Materials by the U.S.
Government constitutes acknowledgment of AT&T' and/or the Third Party
Provider's proprietary rights in them.
General
This Service could include inaccuracies
or typographical errors. Any action related to these Terms will be governed by
Texas law and controlling U.S. federal law. No choice of law rules of any
jurisdiction will apply. These Terms provide basic guidelines for your use of
the Service, and will be enforced in conjunction with other Terms of Service or
Membership Agreement, if any, that govern AT&T products or services that
you use or that you have purchased. In the event that any provision of these
Terms shall be rendered invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or
unenforceability shall not invalidate or render unenforceable any other
provision of these Terms and these Terms shall continue in full force and
effect and be construed as if they did not contain the invalid or unenforceable
provision.
Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights
You are prohibited from
infringing, publishing, submitting, copying, uploading, downloading, posting,
transmitting, reproducing, or distributing software, video or audio content, or
any other material that is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade
secret, any other type of intellectual property rights, trademark laws (by
rights of privacy or publicity) or other proprietary right of any party unless
you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consent to
do the same. This prohibition includes the use of any material or information
including images or photographs that are made available through an AT&T
site or Service(s).
For more information about
AT&T's copyright protection practices under the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998, and for information on how to contact AT&T's
DMCA agent, please refer to: www.att.net/legal/copyright
ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
The AT&T Acceptable Use
Policy is designed to help protect AT&T's assets, the assets of its
Customers, and the Internet community, from irresponsible or illegal activities
of AT&T Customers and its Users. These activities may disrupt or degrade
AT&T IP Services, pose a threat to AT&T's assets, expose AT&T (or
other providers of IP Services) to claims of civil or criminal liability or
other legal sanctions. Moreover, because of various conventions used in the
industry (including blocking, filtering and blacklisting) these activities may
impair AT&T's ability to interconnect with other providers of IP Service.
These activities may relate to the content stored or transmitted by Customers
or its Users or to the nature of the transmissions themselves such as sending
large numbers of unsolicited messages (Spam).
Customers are responsible for
avoiding the prohibited activities and strictly following the AUP terms set
forth herein.
AUP Coverage
The AT&T Acceptable Use
Policy ("AUP") applies to the services that provide (or include)
access to the Internet, services provided over the Internet, and Hosting
services (collectively "IP Services"). Customer is responsible for
the actions of others who may be using the IP Service(s) under Customer's
account. It is Customer's obligation to take whatever measures are necessary to
protect access to Customer's account (e.g., to keep the access password
secure). If a Customer or its User(s) violate the AUP, AT&T may, depending
on the nature and severity of the violation, suspend or terminate service, as
specified below.
Customer may have access
through the AT&T network(s) and Service(s) to search engines, subscription
web services, chat areas, bulletin boards, web pages, USENET, or other services
that promulgate rules, guidelines or agreements to govern their use. Failure to
adhere to any such rules, guidelines, or agreements shall be a violation of
this AUP.
AT&T is aware that some
of its Customers are, themselves, providers of Internet based services, and
that information reaching AT&T network(s) or facilities from those
Customers may have originated from the AT&T Customer or from another
third-party. AT&T reserves the right to take action against AT&T
Customer and directly against such Customers' subscribers, even though the
AT&T's corrective action may affect other non-offending subscribers of the
AT&T Customer.
AUP Enforcement and Notice
Customer's failure to observe
the guidelines set forth in this AUP may result in AT&T taking actions
anywhere from a warning to a suspension of privileges or termination of your
Service(s). AT&T reserves the right, but
does not assume the obligation, to strictly enforce the AUP. When feasible,
AT&T may provide Customer with notice of an AUP violation via e-mail or
otherwise and demand that such violation is immediately corrected.
However, AT&T reserves the
right to act immediately and without notice to suspend or terminate IP
Service(s) in response to a court order or other legal requirement that certain
conduct should be stopped or when AT&T determines, in its sole discretion,
that the conduct may: (1) expose AT&T to sanctions, prosecution, civil
action or any other liability, (2) cause harm to or interfere with the
integrity or normal operations of AT&T's network(s) or facilities, (3)
interfere with another person's use of AT&T's IP Service(s) or the Internet,
or (4) otherwise present a risk of harm to AT&T or AT&T Customers or
other parties AT&T interconnects with.
AT&T's decisions with
respect to interpretation of the AUP and appropriate remedial actions are final
and determined by AT&T in its sole discretion. AT&T may refer potential
violations of law(s) to the proper authorities, may cooperate in the
investigation of any suspected criminal or civil wrongdoing, and will cooperate
with authorities when required to do so by law, subpoena, or when the public
safety is at stake. AT&T assumes no obligation to inform you that your
information has been disclosed, and, in some cases, may be prohibited by law
from providing such notice.
AT&T does not, as an
ordinary practice, proactively monitor the activities of those who use its IP
Service(s) or exercise any editorial control over any material transmitted,
hosted or posted using IP Services to ensure that its Customers comply with the
AUP and/or the law, although it reserves the right to do so. If AT&T is alerted
to violations or potential violations of this AUP, AT&T will take whatever
measures it deems necessary and appropriate to stop or prevent such violations
including the actions described in this AUP. For example, AT&T may in its
sole discretion refuse to transmit, screen, or editing content prior to
delivery of the IP Service(s), block access to certain categories of numbers or
certain sites as AT&T determines needed to enforce these policies.
If your Service is suspended
or terminated for any AUP violation, you must get written approval from the
AT&T Abuse Team (outside of the normal ordering process) prior to
reactivating or ordering new service. In any case, AT&T may, in its
discretion, decline to reinstate your Service. If AT&T approves you for
reinstatement or new service, set-up fees, reactivation fees or deposits may
apply. If AT&T discovers that you have renewed Service, or ordered new
Service, following termination for an AUP violation without the prior written
consent of the AT&T abuse team, it may terminate your Service without
further notice. In such case, you are responsible for any applicable early
termination charges.
AT&T will not issue any
refunds, credits or other forms of compensation for the period when IP
Service(s) have been suspended as a result of violation(s) or alleged
violation(s) of this AUP.
AT&T shall not be liable
for any damages of any nature suffered by any Customer, User, or third party
resulting in whole or in part from AT&T's exercise of its rights under this
AUP.
Prohibited Actions
AT&T respects freedom of
expression and believes it is a foundation of our free society to express
differing points of view. AT&T will not terminate, disconnect or suspend
service because of the views you or we express on public policy matters, political
issues or political campaigns. AT&T is committed at all times, however, to
complying with the laws and regulations governing use of the Internet and
e-mail transmissions and to preserving for all of its Customers the ability to
use AT&T's network and the Internet without interference or harassment from
other users. AT&T prohibits use of its IP Services in any way that is
unlawful, interferes with use of AT&T's network or the Internet, interferes
in any way with the usage or enjoyment of services received by others,
infringes intellectual property rights, results in the publication of
threatening or offensive material, constitutes Spam/E-mail/Usenet abuse, or
presents security or privacy risks. Customer will not resell or provide
Service(s) to unauthorized third parties, whether as part of a commercial
enterprise or otherwise.
Customer is prohibited from
engaging in any other activity, whether legal or not, that AT&T determines
in its sole discretion, to be harmful to its subscribers, operations, network(s).
Unlawful Activities
AT&T IP Services shall
not be used in connection with any criminal, civil or administrative violation
of any applicable local, state, and provincial, federal, national or
international law, treaty, court order, ordinance, regulation or administrative
rule.
By using the IP Service(s),
Customer represents and warrants to AT&T that Customer (and its Users) are
not resident(s) of any country or affiliated with any of organization
prohibited to do business within the United States as defined and set forth at:
http://www.treas.gov/ofac and http://www.bxa.doc.gov/dpl/thedeniallist.asp. Accounts registered using false or misleading information may be
terminated immediately and without notice.
Intellectual Property
You are prohibited from infringing,
publishing, submitting, copying, uploading, downloading, posting, transmitting,
reproducing, or distributing software, video or audio content, or any other
material that is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, any
other type of intellectual property rights, trademark laws (by rights of
privacy or publicity) or other proprietary right of any party unless you own or
control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consent to do the
same. This prohibition includes the use of any material or information
including images or photographs that are made available through an AT&T
site or Service(s).
For more information about
AT&T's copyright protection practices under the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998:, and for information on how to contact AT&T's
DMCA agent, please refer to: http://www.att.net/legal/copyright.
Offensive or Threatening Material or Content
AT&T IP Services shall
not be used to host, post, transmit, or re-transmit any content or material
that is threatening, harassing, obscene, indecent, hateful, malicious, racist,
fraudulent, deceptive, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive,
inflammatory, or otherwise harmful or offensive to third parties, treasonous,
excessively violent or promotes the use of violence, or provides instruction,
information or assistance in causing or carrying out violence against any
government, organization, group or individual, or provides guidance,
information or assistance with respect to causing damage or security breaches
to AT&T's network or to the network of any other IP Service provider.
Customer shall not create or attempt to utilize a domain name that is
fraudulent, indecent, offensive, deceptive, threatening, abusive or harassing.
Interaction with Minors
AT&T has a zero tolerance
policy regarding use of its Service to engage in inappropriate conduct with a
minor (anyone under 18 years of age). You shall not knowingly collect or
solicit personal information from a minor without the express consent of the
parent or guardian of the minor, nor shall you use this Service to harm or
intimidate a minor. AT&T complies with all federal and state laws
pertaining to the protection of minors, including the reporting of all apparent
cases of child pornography or exploitation to the National Center for Missing
and Exploited Children. For more information about online safety, visit www.ncmec.org or www.att.com/safety.
Spam/E-mail/Usenet Abuse
Violation of the CAN-SPAM Act
of 2003, or any state or federal law regulating e-mail services, constitutes an
automatic violation of this AUP and AT&T reserves the right to seek damages
and other available relief against Customer, as applicable.
Spam/E-mail/Usenet Abuse is
prohibited on AT&T IP Services. Examples of Spam/E-mail/Usenet Abuse
include but are not limited to the following activities:
Sending
unsolicited electronic mail messages and "mail-bombing" (sending mass
unsolicited e-mail messages to a single user, or group of users, commercial or
otherwise, or deliberately sending very large attachments to one recipient)
using IP Service(s) are prohibited.
using
another site's mail server to relay mail without the express permission of the
site;
using
another computer, without authorization, to send multiple e-mail messages or to
retransmit e-mail messages for the purpose of misleading recipients as to the
origin;
using
IP addresses that the Customer does not have a right to use;
collecting
the responses from unsolicited electronic messages;
maintaining
a site that is advertised via unsolicited electronic messages, regardless of
the origin of the unsolicited electronic messages;
spamming,
or sending unsolicited commercial e-mail, sending unsolicited electronic
messages with petitions for signatures, or any chain mail related materials, or
requests for charitable donations;;
sending
messages that are harassing or malicious, or otherwise could reasonably be
predicted to interfere with another party's quiet enjoyment of the AT&T IP
Services or the Internet (e.g., through language, frequency, size or
otherwise);
sending
bulk (i.e., twenty-five or more recipients) electronic messages without
identifying, within the message, a reasonable means of opting out from
receiving additional messages from the sender;
using
distribution lists containing addresses that include those who have opted out;
sending
electronic messages that do not accurately identify the sender, the sender's
return address, the e-mail address of origin, or other information contained in
the subject line or header.
forging
headers or identifiers in order to disguise the origin of e-mail;
use
of redirect links in unsolicited commercial e-mail to advertise a website or
service;
posting
a single message, or messages to online forums or newsgroups, that could reasonably
be expected to provoke complaints;
posting
messages to or canceling or superseding messages on an online forum or
newsgroup in a manner that violates the rules of the forum or newsgroup or that
contain forged header information.
sending
bulk electronic messages in quantities that exceed standard industry norms or
that create the potential for disruption of the AT&T network or of the
networks with which AT&T interconnects
intercepting,
redirecting or otherwise interfering or attempting to interfere with e-mail
intended for other parties
knowingly
deleting any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or
labels in a file that the user mails or sends
using,
distributing, advertising, transmitting, or otherwise making available any
software program, product, or service that is designed to violate this AUP or
the AUP of any other Internet Service Provider, including, but not limited to,
the facilitation of the means to spam;
Spam Damages: Because spam related damages are often difficult to quantify, in
those cases where the actual damages cannot be reasonably calculated AT&T
reserves the right to seek from the Customer liquidated damages in the amount
of five dollars (US$5.00) for each piece of 'spam' or unsolicited bulk email
transmitted from or otherwise connected with Customer's account, in addition to
any other rights and remedies AT&T may have in contract, law and equity.
Security Violations
It is Customer's
responsibility to ensure the security of its network and the machines that
connect to and use IP Service(s). You are responsible for configuring and
securing your services to prevent damage to the AT&T network and/or the
disruption of Service(s) to other customers, and ensuring that your customers
and users use the Service(s) in an appropriate manner. Customer is required to
take all necessary steps to manage the use of the IP Service(s) in such a
manner that network abuse is prevented or minimized to the greatest extent
possible. It is Customer's responsibility to take corrective actions on
vulnerable or exploited systems to prevent continued abuse. Violations of
system or network security are prohibited and may result in criminal and/or
civil liability.
AT&T IP Services may not
be used to interfere with, to gain unauthorized access to, or otherwise violate
the security of AT&T's or another party's server, network, personal
computer, network access or control devices, software or data, or other system,
or to attempt to do any of the foregoing. Examples of violations of system or
network security include but are not limited to:
intercepting,
interfering with or redirecting e-mail intended for third parties, or any form
of network monitoring, scanning or probing, or other action for the
unauthorized interception of data or harvesting of e-mail addresses;
hacking
- attempting to attack, breach, circumvent or test the vulnerability of the
user authentication or security of any host, network, server, personal
computer, network access and control devices, software or data without express
authorization of the owner of the system or network;
impersonating
others in order to obtain another user's account password or other personal
information.
using
the IP Service(s) to deliver spyware, or secretly or deceptively obtain the
personal information of third parties (phishing, etc.), or engage in modem
hi-jacking;
using
any program, file, script, command or the transmission of any message or
content of any kind, designed to interfere with a terminal session or the
access or use of the Internet or any other means of communication;
distributing
or using tools designed to compromise security, including cracking tools,
password guessing programs, packet sniffers or network probing tools (except in
the case of authorized legitimate network security operations);
unauthorized
monitoring of data or traffic on any network or system without express
authorization of the owner of the system or network; this would include use of
sniffers or SNMP tools;
falsifying
packet header, sender, or User information whether in whole or in part to mask
the identity of the sender, originator or point of origin;
knowingly
uploading or distributing files that contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms,
time bombs, cancel bots, corrupted files, or any other similar software or
programs that may damage the operation of another's computer or property of
another;
engaging
in the transmission of pirated software;
with
respect to dial-up accounts, using any software or device designed to defeat
system time-out limits or to allow your account to stay logged on while you are
not actively using the AT&T IP Service(s) or using your account for the
purpose of operating a server of any type;
using
manual or electronic means to avoid any use limitations placed on the Services;
gaining
unauthorized access to private networks;
violating
rules, regulations, and policies applicable to any network, server, computer
database, web site, or ISP that you access through the IP Service(s).
Network Usage
Where an AT&T Service
account, service or feature description specifies limits on bandwidth, disk
utilization, simultaneous connections, and/or aggregate data download or
upload, use in excess of those limits is not permitted without an appropriate
change in account type or status and may incur additional charges for such
usage.
Bandwidth, disk utilization,
simultaneous connections, and aggregate data downloads/uploads will be computed
or determined by AT&T from time to time in developing its product and
service offerings. In the event AT&T determines that an account is
exceeding the relevant bandwidth, disk utilization, aggregate data
download/upload limits, simultaneous connections, or reasonable session times,
the account owner will generally be notified by E-mail. If the excess use
continues after such notification, the owner may be requested to upgrade the
type of account or to modify the activity creating the excess use, or the
account may be terminated.
If excessive bandwidth, disk
space utilization, simultaneous connections, aggregate data download or upload,
or session length is determined to adversely affect AT&T's ability to
provide service, immediate action may be taken. The account owner may be
notified by e-mail as soon as practical thereafter.
Customer Responsibilities
Customer remains solely and
fully responsible for the content of any material posted, hosted,
downloaded/uploaded, created, accessed or transmitted using the IP Services.
AT&T takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any material
created or accessible on or through the AT&T network(s) using IP
Service(s), or for any mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions,
falsehoods, obscenity, pornography, or profanity Customer (or its Users) may
encounter. As the provider of IP Service(s), AT&T is only a forum and is
not liable for any statements, representations, or content provided by the
users of IP Services in any public forum. AT&T shall not be obligated to
monitor or exercise any editorial control over such material, but reserves the
right to do so. In the event that AT&T becomes aware that any such material
may violate this AUP, other applicable terms of use or contract provisions,
and/or expose AT&T to civil or criminal liability, AT&T reserves the
right to block access to such material and suspend or terminate the Service of
any user creating, storing or disseminating such material. AT&T further
reserves the right to conduct investigations into fraud, violations of the
Terms of Service, this AUP or other laws or regulations, and to cooperate with
legal authorities and third parties in the investigation of alleged wrongdoing,
including disclosing the identity of the user that AT&T deems responsible
for the wrongdoing.
Customer agrees to indemnify
and hold AT&T harmless from any claim, action, demand, loss, or damage
(including attorneys' fees) made by any third party against AT&T as a
provider of the IP Service(s) arising out of or relating to any violation(s) of
this AUP by Customer (or its Users).
Incident Reporting
Any complaints (other than
claims of copyright or trademark infringement) regarding violation of this AUP
by an AT&T Customer (or its User) should be directed to abuse@att.net.
Where possible, include details that would assist AT&T in investigating and
resolving such complaint (i.e. expanded headers and a copy of the offending
transmission).
Revisions to the AUP
AT&T reserves the right to modify its Acceptable Use Policy at any time, and effective when posted to AT&T's web site (http://www.corp.att.com/aup). Notice of any change to this AUP may also be provided to a Customer via electronic mail, if Customer subscribes to AT&T's automated notification system regarding any AUP changes. It is your responsibility to notify AT&T of any change of address. You must respond in a timely manner to complaints concerning misuse of the Service(s) obtained from AT&T. Failure to responsibly manage the use of the Service(s) obtained from AT&T may be cause for termination of Service(s) to you and, depending upon the terms under which you acquired your Service(s), could lead to the imposition of early termination fees.
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