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Terms
of Use
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
The services that Authorsoft Corporation provides to you are
subject to the following Terms of Use ("TOU"). Authorsoft
Corporation reserves the right to update the TOU at any time
without notice to you. The most current version of the TOU
can be reviewed by clicking on the "Terms of Use" hypertext
link located at the bottom of our Web pages.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
Through its network of Web properties, Authorsoft
Corporation provides you with access to a variety of
resources, including developer tools, download areas,
communication forums and product information (collectively
"Services"). The Services, including any updates,
enhancements, new features, and/or the addition of any new
Web properties, are subject to the TOU.
PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE LIMITATION
Unless otherwise specified, the Services are for your
personal and non-commercial use. You may not modify, copy,
distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish,
license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any
information, software, products or services obtained from
the Services.
PRIVACY AND PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
See the Privacy Statement disclosures relating to the
collection and use of your information.
NOTICE SPECIFIC TO SOFTWARE AVAILABLE ON THIS WEB SITE
Any software that is made available to download from the
Services ("Software") is the copyrighted work of Authorsoft
Corporation and/or its suppliers. Use of the Software is
governed by the terms of the end user license agreement, if
any, which accompanies or is included with the Software
("License Agreement"). An end user will be unable to install
any Software that is accompanied by or includes a License
Agreement, unless he or she first agrees to the License
Agreement terms.
The Software is made available for download solely for use
by end users according to the License Agreement. Any
reproduction or redistribution of the Software not in
accordance with the License Agreement is expressly
prohibited by law, and may result in severe civil and
criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the
maximum extent possible.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, COPYING OR REPRODUCTION OF
THE SOFTWARE TO ANY OTHER SERVER OR LOCATION FOR FURTHER
REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED,
UNLESS SUCH REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION IS EXPRESSLY
PERMITTED BY THE LICENSE AGREEMENT ACCOMPANYING SUCH
SOFTWARE.
THE SOFTWARE IS WARRANTED, IF AT ALL, ONLY ACCORDING TO THE
TERMS OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS WARRANTED IN THE
LICENSE AGREEMENT, AUTHORSOFT CORPORATION HEREBY DISCLAIMS
ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THE SOFTWARE,
INCLUDING ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY,
WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, AUTHORSOFT CORPORATION. MAY MAKE
AVAILABLE AS PART OF THE SERVICES OR IN ITS SOFTWARE
PRODUCTS, TOOLS AND UTILITIES FOR USE AND/OR DOWNLOAD.
AUTHORSOFT CORPORATION DOES NOT MAKE ANY ASSURANCES WITH
REGARD TO THE ACCURACY OF THE RESULTS OR OUTPUT THAT DERIVES
FROM SUCH USE OF ANY SUCH TOOLS AND UTILITIES. PLEASE
RESPECT THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF OTHERS WHEN
USING THE TOOLS AND UTILITIES MADE AVAILABLE ON THE SERVICES
OR IN AUTHORSOFT CORPORATION SOFTWARE PRODUCTS.
RESTRICTED RIGHTS LEGEND. Any Software which is downloaded
from the Services for or on behalf of the United States of
America, its agencies and/or instrumentalities ("U.S.
Government"), is provided with Restricted Rights. Use,
duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government is subject
to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of
the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at
DFARS 252.227-7013 or subparagraphs (c)(1) and (2) of the
Commercial Computer Software - Restricted Rights at 48 CFR
52.227-19, as applicable. Manufacturer is Authorsoft
Corporation.
NOTICE SPECIFIC TO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE ON THIS WEB SITE
Permission to use Documents (such as white papers, press
releases, datasheets and FAQs) from the Services is granted,
provided that (1) the below copyright notice appears in all
copies and that both the copyright notice and this
permission notice appear, (2) use of such Documents from the
Services is for informational and non-commercial or personal
use only and will not be copied or posted on any network
computer or broadcast in any media, and (3) no modifications
of any Documents are made. Accredited educational
institutions, such as K-12, universities, private/public
colleges, and state community colleges, may download and
reproduce the Documents for distribution in the classroom.
Distribution outside the classroom requires express written
permission. Use for any other purpose is expressly
prohibited by law, and may result in severe civil and
criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the
maximum extent possible.
Documents specified above do not include the design or
layout of the Authorsoft.com Web site or any other
Authorsoft Corporation owned, operated, licensed or
controlled site. Elements of Authorsoft Corporation Web
sites are protected by trade dress, trademark, unfair
competition, and other laws and may not be copied or
imitated in whole or in part. No logo, graphic, sound or
image from any Authorsoft Corporation Web site may be copied
or retransmitted unless expressly permitted by Authorsoft
Corporation.
AUTHORSOFT CORPORATION AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAKE
NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN THE DOCUMENTS AND RELATED GRAPHICS PUBLISHED AS
PART OF THE SERVICES FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH DOCUMENTS AND
RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND. AUTHORSOFT CORPORATION AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE
SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH
REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, INCLUDING ALL WARRANTIES AND
CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR
STATUTORY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND
NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL AUTHORSOFT CORPORATION
AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL,
INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION,
ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE
OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM THE SERVICES.
THE DOCUMENTS AND RELATED GRAPHICS PUBLISHED ON THE SERVICES
COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL
ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION
HEREIN. AUTHORSOFT CORPORATION AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE
SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE
PRODUCT(S) AND/OR THE PROGRAM(S) DESCRIBED HEREIN AT ANY
TIME.
NOTICES REGARDING SOFTWARE, DOCUMENTS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE
ON THIS WEB SITE
IN NO EVENT SHALL Authorsoft Corporation AND/OR ITS
RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING
FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF
CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT
OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF SOFTWARE,
DOCUMENTS, PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR
INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM THE SERVICES.
MEMBER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD, AND SECURITY
If any of the Services requires you to open an account, you
must complete the registration process by providing us with
current, complete and accurate information as prompted by
the applicable registration form. You also will choose a
password and a user name. You are entirely responsible for
maintaining the confidentiality of your password and
account. Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any
and all activities that occur under your account. You agree
to notify Authorsoft Corporation immediately of any
unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of
security. Authorsoft Corporation will not be liable for any
loss that you may incur as a result of someone else using
your password or account, either with or without your
knowledge. However, you could be held liable for losses
incurred by Authorsoft Corporation or another party due to
someone else using your account or password. You may not use
anyone else's account at any time, without the permission of
the account holder.
NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE
As a condition of your use of the Services, you will not use
the Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited
by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use the
Services in any manner that could damage, disable,
overburden, or impair any Authorsoft Corporation server, or
the network(s) connected to any Authorsoft Corporation
server, or interfere with any other party's use and
enjoyment of any Services. You may not attempt to gain
unauthorized access to any Services, other accounts,
computer systems or networks connected to any Authorsoft
Corporation server or to any of the Services, through
hacking, password mining or any other means. You may not
obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information
through any means not intentionally made available through
the Services.
USE OF SERVICES
The Services may contain e-mail services, bulletin board
services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities,
personal web pages, calendars, photo albums, file cabinets
and/or other message or communication facilities designed to
enable you to communicate with others (each a "Communication
Service" and collectively "Communication Services"). You
agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send
and receive messages and material that are proper and, when
applicable, related to the particular Communication Service.
By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that
when using the Communication Services, you will not:
• Use the Communication Services in connection with surveys,
contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk email,
spamming or any duplicative or unsolicited messages
(commercial or otherwise).
• Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise
violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and
publicity) of others.
• Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any
inappropriate, profane, defamatory, obscene, indecent or
unlawful topic, name, material or information.
• Upload, or otherwise make available, files that contain
images, photographs, software or other material protected by
intellectual property laws, including, by way of example,
and not as limitation, copyright or trademark laws (or by
rights of privacy or publicity) unless you own or control
the rights thereto or have received all necessary consent to
do the same.
• Use any material or information, including images or
photographs, which are made available through the Services
in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark,
patent, trade secret, or other proprietary right of any
party.
• Upload files that contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms,
time bombs, cancelbots, corrupted files, or any other
similar software or programs that may damage the operation
of another's computer or property of another.
• Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services
for any business purpose, unless such Communication Services
specifically allows such messages.
• Download any file posted by another user of a
Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should
know, cannot be legally reproduced, displayed, performed,
and/or distributed in such manner.
• Falsify or delete any copyright management information,
such as author attributions, legal or other proper notices
or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or
source of software or other material contained in a file
that is uploaded.
• Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying
the Communication Services.
• Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may
be applicable for any particular Communication Service.
• Harvest or otherwise collect information about others,
including e-mail addresses.
• Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
• Create a false identity for the purpose of misleading
others.
• Use, download or otherwise copy, or provide (whether or
not for a fee) to a person or entity any directory of users
of the Services or other user or usage information or any
portion thereof.
Authorsoft Corporation has no obligation to monitor the
Communication Services. However, Authorsoft Corporation
reserves the right to review materials posted to the
Communication Services and to remove any materials in its
sole discretion. Authorsoft Corporation reserves the right
to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication
Services at any time, without notice, for any reason
whatsoever.
Authorsoft Corporation reserves the right at all times to
disclose any information as Authorsoft Corporation deems
necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal
process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post
or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in
part, in Authorsoft Corporation's sole discretion.
Always use caution when giving out any personally
identifiable information about yourself or your children in
any Communication Services. Authorsoft Corporation does not
control or endorse the content, messages or information
found in any Communication Services and, therefore,
Authorsoft Corporation specifically disclaims any liability
with regard to the Communication Services and any actions
resulting from your participation in any Communication
Services. Managers and hosts are not authorized Authorsoft
Corporation spokespersons, and their views do not
necessarily reflect those of Authorsoft Corporation.
Materials uploaded to the Communication Services may be
subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or
dissemination; you are responsible for adhering to such
limitations if you download the materials.
MATERIALS PROVIDED TO NICE SOFTWARE, INC. OR POSTED AT ANY
NICE SOFTWARE, INC. WEB SITE.
Authorsoft Corporation does not claim ownership of the
materials you provide to Authorsoft Corporation (including
feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit
to any Services or its associated services for review by the
general public, or by the members of any public or private
community, (each a "Submission" and collectively
"Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting,
providing or submitting ("Posting") your Submission you are
granting Authorsoft Corporation, its affiliated companies
and necessary sublicensees permission to use your Submission
in connection with the operation of their Internet
businesses (including, without limitation, all Authorsoft
Corporation Services), including, without limitation, the
license rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly
display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and
reformat your Submission; to publish your name in connection
with your Submission; and the right to sublicense such
rights to any supplier of the Services.
No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your
Submission, as provided herein. Authorsoft Corporation is
under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may
provide and Authorsoft Corporation may remove any Submission
at any time in its sole discretion.
By Posting a Submission you warrant and represent that you
own or otherwise control all of the rights to your
Submission as described in these Terms of Use including,
without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to
provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.
In addition to the warranty and representation set forth
above, by Posting a Submission that contain images,
photographs, pictures or that are otherwise graphical in
whole or in part ("Images"), you warrant and represent that
(a) you are the copyright owner of such Images, or that the
copyright owner of such Images has granted you permission to
use such Images or any content and/or images contained in
such Images consistent with the manner and purpose of your
use and as otherwise permitted by these Terms of Use and the
Services, (b) you have the rights necessary to grant the
licenses and sublicenses described in these Terms of Use,
and (c) that each person depicted in such Images, if any,
has provided consent to the use of the Images as set forth
in these Terms of Use, including, by way of example, and not
as a limitation, the distribution, public display and
reproduction of such Images. By Posting Images, you are
granting (a) to all members of your private community (for
each such Images available to members of such private
community), and/or (b) to the general public (for each such
Images available anywhere on the Services, other than a
private community), permission to use your Images in
connection with the use, as permitted by these Terms of Use,
of any of the Services, (including, by way of example, and
not as a limitation, making prints and gift items which
include such Images), and including, without limitation, a
non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free license to: copy,
distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform,
reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Images without
having your name attached to such Images, and the right to
sublicense such rights to any supplier of the Services. The
licenses granted in the preceding sentences for a Images
will terminate at the time you completely remove such Images
from the Services, provided that, such termination shall not
affect any licenses granted in connection with such Images
prior to the time you completely remove such Images. No
compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your
Images.
NOTICES AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT
INFRINGEMENT
Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2),
notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be
sent to Service Provider's Designated Agent. ALL INQUIRIES
NOT RELEVANT TO THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE WILL NOT RECEIVE A
RESPONSE.
LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
THE LINKS IN THIS AREA WILL LET YOU LEAVE AUTHORSOFT.COM
SITE. THE LINKED SITES ARE NOT UNDER THE CONTROL OF
Authorsoft Corporation IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENTS
OF ANY LINKED SITE OR ANY LINK CONTAINED IN A LINKED SITE,
OR ANY CHANGES OR UPDATES TO SUCH SITES. Authorsoft
Corporation IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WEBCASTING OR ANY OTHER
FORM OF TRANSMISSION RECEIVED FROM ANY LINKED SITE.
Authorsoft Corporation IS PROVIDING THESE LINKS TO YOU ONLY
AS A CONVENIENCE, AND THE INCLUSION OF ANY LINK DOES NOT
IMPLY ENDORSEMENT BY Authorsoft Corporation OF THE SITE.
UNSOLICITED IDEA SUBMISSION POLICY
Authorsoft Corporation OR ANY OF ITS EMPLOYEES DO NOT ACCEPT
OR CONSIDER UNSOLICITED IDEAS, INCLUDING IDEAS FOR NEW
ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS, NEW PROMOTIONS, NEW PRODUCTS OR
TECHNOLOGIES, PROCESSES, MATERIALS, MARKETING PLANS OR NEW
PRODUCT NAMES. PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANY ORIGINAL CREATIVE
ARTWORK, SAMPLES, DEMOS, OR OTHER WORKS. THE SOLE PURPOSE OF
THIS POLICY IS TO AVOID POTENTIAL MISUNDERSTANDINGS OR
DISPUTES WHEN AUTHORSOFT COPORATION'S PRODUCTS OR MARKETING
STRATEGIES MIGHT SEEM SIMILAR TO IDEAS SUBMITTED TO
Authorsoft Corporation SO, PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR
UNSOLICITED IDEAS TO Authorsoft Corporation OR ANYONE AT
Authorsoft Corporation IF, DESPITE OUR REQUEST THAT YOU NOT
SEND US YOUR IDEAS AND MATERIALS, YOU STILL SEND THEM,
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT Authorsoft Corporation MAKES NO
ASSURANCES THAT YOUR IDEAS AND MATERIALS WILL BE TREATED AS
CONFIDENTIAL OR PROPRIETARY.
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reserved.
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