Welcome
to world of flip technology! E-Book Systems, Inc. (“we,”
“us” or “E-Book Systems”) is pleased to
serve you on any of its websites including www.ebooksys.com, www.fliplibrary.com,
www.flipalbum.com, www.flipviewer.com, and www.flipcity.com (“Web
Sites”) under these terms and conditions (“Agreement”).
YOUR USE OF AND/OR REGISTRATION AT ANY OF THE WEB SITES EVIDENCES
YOUR CONSENT TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT. THE TERMS OF THIS
AGREEMENT ARE SET OUT BELOW, MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME,
AND INCLUDE OUR PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT INTEND TO BE BOUND
BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT USE THE WEB SITES.
Under
this Agreement, E-Book Systems offers the user (“you,”
“your” or “user”) the ability to (i) use
the Web Sites; (ii) download and/or purchase software; (iii) receive
newsletters; (iv) participate in forums and chats; (v) upload
pictures for display on the Web Sites; and (vi) flip-enable web
sites, among other things. By using the Web Sites and clicking
on the “Accept” button, you agree to be bound by terms
and conditions of this Agreement, including but not limited to
your agreement to conduct transactions electronically, limit/exclude
damages and remedies, and accept California law. You may scroll
down to review all of the terms and conditions contained in this
document, or you may print it out as enabled by your browser.
You hereby declare that you are the person or entity using the
Web Sites. If you are not making this Agreement on your own behalf,
you warrant that you are legally authorized to enter into the
Agreement on behalf of the entity described in the registration
form and that your actions will legally bind that entity.
1. OWNERSHIP. The Web Sites, Applications and Software (as defined
below) are the exclusive property of E-Book Systems and/or its
suppliers. All rights not granted herein are reserved by E-Book
Systems.
2. GRANT OF LICENSE AND RESTRICTIONS. In accordance with this
Agreement, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, terminable
license to view and use our Web Sites only for the purposes or
placing product orders, downloading software, accessing information,
Applications and Software, as well as posting, uploading and distributing
content to and through the Web Sites. We reserve the right to
suspend or deny, in our sole discretion, your access to all or
any portion of the Web Sites. You may not (a) use any robot, spider,
other automatic device or manual process to monitor or copy our
web pages or the content contained therein without our prior written
permission; (b) use any device, software or routine to interfere
or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Web Sites,
Applications or Software; (c) take any action that imposes an
unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure;
(d) reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to
discover any source code of any Application or Software; (e) copy,
reproduce, alter, modify, create derivative works, or publicly
display any Application, Software or content from our Web Sites
without our prior written permission, or that of the appropriate
third party; (f) alter or modify the copyright notices and any
other proprietary legends that appear on the Web Sites; or (g)
access our Web Sites by any means other than through the interface
that is provided by us.
3.
APPLICATIONS. From time to time we may offer you the ability to
use certain creative applications. For example, we may provide
forums, chat areas, bulletin boards, e-mail functions and the
ability to create, upload, post or distribute flip-enabled greetings,
cards, books and pictures (“Applications”). E-Book
Systems grants you a limited license to use the Applications subject
to the following conditions.
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You understand that all information, text, data, software, sounds,
photographs, audio, audiovisual, video, artwork, graphics, messages
and other materials, including flip-enabled content (“Materials”)
that are transmitted to or via the Web Sites are the sole responsibility
of the person from whom the Materials originated. This means you,
and not E-Book Systems, are entirely responsible for the Materials
you transmit through the Web Sites. Further, you understand that
by using the Web Sites you may be exposed to Materials that are
offensive, objectionable or indecent.
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You shall not create a user name, screen name or label or upload
to, distribute through or otherwise publish through the Web Sites
any Materials which are indecent, libelous, defamatory, obscene,
threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive,
illegal, harassing, or otherwise objectionable, or that would
constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights
of any party or violate any law.
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Your Materials, user name, screen name and labeling of Materials
shall not contain expressions of hatred, bigotry, racism or pornography.
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Your Materials, user name, screen name and labeling of Materials
shall not disparage in any manner E-Book Systems, its products
and Web Sites, including but not limited to the Applications and
Software.
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Your Materials shall not infringe the copyright, trademark or
other intellectual property right of any third party.
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You shall not upload to, distribute through or otherwise publish
through the Web Sites any Materials that are directly or indirectly
commercial in nature or contain any solicitation of funds, promotion,
advertising or solicitation for goods or services. You specifically
acknowledge that soliciting other registered users to join or
become members of any commercial online web site or other organization
is expressly prohibited.
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You shall not upload to, distribute through or otherwise publish
through the Web Sites any Materials that contain viruses or any
other computer code, corrupt files or programs designed to interrupt,
destroy or limit the functionality or disrupt any software, hardware,
telecommunications facilities, networks, servers or other equipment.
4.
SOFTWARE AND EULA. From time to time we may offer you the ability
to download software such as the FlipAlbum and FlipViewer (the
“Software”). The Software that is made available to
you via download is the copyrighted work of E-Book Systems and/or
its suppliers. The use of the Software is governed by the terms
and conditions of the end user license agreement (“EULA”)
that accompanies or is included in the software or which is expressly
stated on the Web Site pages accompanying the Software, and these
terms. In the event that no EULA accompanies the Software, then
this Agreement shall govern your use of the Software. You may
not download any Software from the Web Sites without agreeing
to the terms and conditions of the EULA, if any, and these terms.
Unless expressly stated otherwise in the EULA, you are granted
a limited license to download and use the Software from a single
computer. You may not make copies of or distribute the Software
or electronically transfer the Software from one computer to another
or over a network. You may not decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble
or otherwise reduce the Software to human perceivable form. You
may not rent, lease or sublicense the Software. You may not create
derivative works of the Software and you may not export the Software
in violation of any U.S. export laws, regulations or orders.
5.
Use of Your Password. All content or instructions transmitted
by or received from anyone presenting your password on the Web
Sites will be deemed binding on you. You agree that you are solely
liable for all actions taken via your password, whether or not
made with your knowledge or authority. You agree to guard your
password carefully, with the full awareness that a failure to
keep it secure will enable others to engage in transactions through
the Web Sites for which you will be legally responsible. If you
suspect that someone may have obtained access to your password
who is not intended to have authority to act on your behalf, please
contact E-Book Systems immediately to authorize us to deny access
to the Web Sites to anyone else presenting your password.
6.
COPYRIGHTS AND TRADEMARKS. Our Web Sites are protected
by intellectual property laws and you agree to
respect them. Please see our Copyright
and Trademark Notice for more information
about our trademarks and copyrights. If you are
an operator of a flip-enabled web site, you may
display the E-Book System’s trademarks on
your web site and link to the Web Sites provided
you comply with the E-Book
Systems Trademark Usage Guidelines. Except
as expressly provided above, E-Book Systems has
not conferred upon you by implication, estoppel
or otherwise, any license or right under any patent,
trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights
to the content and Material offered on the Web
Sites. As for intellectual property rights of
others, anyone who believes that their work has
been reproduced in a way that constitutes copyright
infringement should refer to the Notice
to Copyright Agent section below for the procedures
for making a claim of copyright infringement to
E-Book Systems.
7.
SUBMITTING MATERIALS AND FEEDBACK. By submitting any Materials,
feedback, data, questions, comments, suggestions or the like (“Feedback”)
to the Web Sites, you automatically grant (or warrant that the
owner of such rights has expressly granted) E-Book Systems a perpetual,
fully-paid, royalty-free, irrevocable, world-wide, non-exclusive
right and license to use, copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish,
edit, translate, create derivative works from, sell, transmit,
transfer, distribute, publicly display and publicly perform such
Feedback or incorporate such Feedback into any form, media or
technology now known or later developed throughout the universe.
Moreover, E-Book Systems shall have the right to further sublicense
these rights to third parties. In addition, you warrant that all
so-called “moral rights” in those materials have been
waived.
8.
AGREEMENT TO CONDUCT TRANSACTIONS ELECTRONICALLY. You agree that
all of your transactions with or through the Web Sites may, at
our option, be conducted electronically. You also agree that we
may provide all agreements, disclosures and notices electronically,
including any that we are otherwise required to provide in “writing.”
We will provide these in screen text or deliver a copy to the
email address that you provide to us at registration. If you do
not wish to deal with us electronically, you should not enter
into this Agreement.
9.
RECORD RETENTION. You agree to print (or copy) and retain agreements
or disclosures that we are required to deliver to you in writing.
To the extent required by law, we instruct you to retain a copy
in your legal records. You may make a paper copy by pressing the
"print" button on your browser; you may make an electronic
copy by selecting the “save file” option in your browser.
If you cannot do either, you may email us at support@ebooksys.com,
or write us at E-Book Systems, Inc., 1500 Wyatt Drive, Suite 15,
Santa Clara, California 95054 and we will send a copy. As a customer
service, we may attempt to locate data for you if we still have
it when you ask for it, but we do not assume any duty to retain
or produce data and we reserve the right to charge a retrieval
fee. We grant you a revocable, limited license to print copies
of this Agreement for the purpose of documenting your transactions.
10.
PRIVACY POLICY. Our Privacy
Policy is part of and incorporated into this
Agreement. Please take a moment to review it.
11.
TERMINATION OR CANCELLATION. This Agreement may be terminated
or cancelled by either party, with or without cause at any time,
by providing thirty (30) days’ written notice to the other
party; provided however, sections 1, 6, 7, 10 and 12-25 of this
Agreement shall survive termination. Notwithstanding termination
(or cancellation), you will still be liable for payment of any
amounts due or other obligations incurred before termination or
cancellation, whether the Agreement is ended by you or by us.
We may also suspend, cancel or terminate your registration; block
your use of the Web Sites; or direct you to cease using the Web
Sites, if we believe in good faith that you or a related person
has breached or may breach this Agreement.
12.
YOUR REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. You represent and warrant
for the benefit of E-Book Systems, its affiliates and any third
parties mentioned on the Web Sites that: (a) you possess the legal
right and ability to enter into and make the representations and
warranties contained in this Agreement; (b) all information submitted
by you to the Web Sites is true and accurate; (c) you will keep
your registration information current; (d) you will be responsible
for all use of your password even if such use was conducted without
your authority or permission; (e) you will not use the Web Sites
for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by this Agreement;
(f) you will make and maintain back-up copies of any Materials,
including flip-books which you upload or otherwise distribute
through the Web Sites; and (g) you possess all legal rights in
and to the Materials which you post, upload or distribute through
the Web Sites.
13.
NO E-BOOK SYSTEMS WARRANTIES; AS IS. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED
IN AN AGREEMENT (SUCH AS AN EULA) BETWEEN YOU AND E-BOOK SYSTEMS,
THE WEB SITES, PRODUCTS OFFERED AT THE WEB SITES, APPLICATIONS
AND SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED TO YOU “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY
OF ANY KIND AND WITH ALL RISKS. E-BOOK SYSTEMS HEREBY DISCLAIMS
ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE; AVAILABILITY OF THE WEB SITES; LACK OF VIRUSES,
WORMS, TROJAN HORSES, OR OTHER CODE THAT MANIFESTS CONTAMINATING
OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES; ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, RELIABILITY,
TIMELINESS, CURRENCY, OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION ON THE
WEB SITES, APPLICATIONS OR SOFTWARE; AND ANY DUTIES OF REASONABLE
CARE, WORKMANLIKE EFFORT OR LACK OF NEGLIGENCE IN CONNECTION WITH
THE WEB SITES, APPLCIATIONS OR SOFTWARE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO
SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY AND EFFORT IN CONNECTION
WITH THE WEB SITES, APPLICATIONS AND SOFTWARE IS BORN BY YOU.
IN ADDITION, E-BOOK SYSTEMS DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT,
TITLE OR QUIET ENJOYMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEB SITES, APPLICATIONS
AND SOFTWARE. E-BOOK SYSTEMS SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
LOSS OF DATA OR OTHER MATERIAL.
14.
ASSUMPTION OF RISK. YOU ASSUME ALL RISKS THAT THE WEB SITES, APPLICATIONS
AND SOFTWARE ARE NOT SUITABLE OR ACCURATE FOR YOUR NEEDS AND ARE
NOT UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE. YOUR USE OF THE
WEB SITES, APPLICATIONS AND SOFTWAR IS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION
AND RISK AND YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR
COMPUTER OR LOSS OF DATA RESULTING THEREFROM. SIMILARLY YOU AGREE
THAT BY Participating in forums or visiting chat rooms you may
be exposed to rude, crude, indecent, or other OFFENSIVE language
or references.
15.
NO INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR CERTAIN OTHER DAMAGES. TO THE
FULL EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, YOU AGREE THAT NEITHER WE, NOR ANY
OF OUR AFFILIATES OR AGENTS, WILL BE LIABLE TO YOU AND/OR ANY
OTHER PERSON FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF PRIVACY
OR FOR FAILURE TO MEET ANY DUTY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY
DUTY OF GOOD FAITH, LACK OF NEGLIGENCE OR OF WORKMANLIKE EFFORT
OR ANY OTHER INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
THAT ARISE OUT OF OR ARE RELATED TO THE WEB SITES, APPLICATIONS,
SOFTWARE OR TO ANY BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND EVEN IN THE EVENT
OF FAULT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR STRICT OR PRODUCT LIABILITY.
16.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY. You agree that your
sole remedy for any breach of this Agreement by us or any of our
affiliates or agents shall be, at our option: (a) substitution
or replacement of all or part of the Web Sites, Application or
Software that gives rise to damages incurred by you in reasonable
reliance on us; or (b) refund of the amount that you paid to us.
You agree that the damage exclusions in the Agreement and this
limitation of liability shall apply even if any remedy fails of
its essential purpose.
17.
LINKED SITES AND FLIP-ENABLED MATERIALS. Our Web Sites may contain
links to sites of third parties, including advertisers. While
their services might be helpful to you, they are independent businesses
and we do not control or endorse them. You agree to visit them
and use their services at your own risk. Similarly, we provide
all of our users with the ability to upload flip-enabled Materials.
While, we do endorse any user-supplied Materials, we reserve the
right to remove any Materials, flip-enabled or otherwise, as we
determine in our sole discretion.
18.
TRANSFER OF RIGHTS. This Agreement shall be binding on any successors
of the parties. You may not assign or otherwise transfer any rights
under this Agreement.
19.
AMENDMENTS; COMPLETE AGREEMENT. You agree that we may from time
to time amend or add to the terms and conditions of this Agreement
(“Amendments”), including without limitation, Amendments
that add registration fees or change payment methods or requirements.
When practical, we will endeavor to give you prior notice of Amendments.
When such notice might expose us or others to harm, we reserve
the right to provide notice after the Amendment. All Amendments
will be effective ten (10) days after notice unless an earlier
time is specified by us. Except as to your use of the Web Sites
before the effective date of an Amendment, any use of our Web
Sites after that date shall be your consent to the amended terms.
If you do not want to be bound by an Amendment, you will need
to terminate your registration and refrain from using the Web
Sites after that date. This Agreement and any Amendments, your
registration, the disclosures provided by us and the consents
provided by you on the Web Sites, and any EULA constitute the
entire agreement between you and us and supersede any prior written
or oral agreements between the parties. No changes proposed by
you or us will be effective unless and until they appear in this
Agreement or in the Amendments as posted by us on any Web Site.
No other Amendments will be valid unless they are in a paper writing
signed by us and by you.
20.
WAIVER OF CONTRACTUAL RIGHT. The failure of either party to enforce
any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver
or limitation of that party's right to subsequently enforce and
compel strict compliance with every provision of this Agreement.
21.
SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held
to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions
shall continue to be valid and enforceable. If a court finds that
any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, but
that by limiting such provision it would become valid or enforceable,
then such provision shall be deemed to be written, construed and
enforced as so limited.
22.
GOVERNING LAW; EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION. This Agreement, the performance
of the Web Sites, Applications and Software and all other matters
that relate in any way to the Web Sites, Applications and Software
shall be governed by the laws of the State of California without
regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any disputes arising
under or related in any way to this Agreement or the Web Sites
shall be litigated, arbitrated or otherwise heard in the appropriate
forum in California. The parties hereto hereby consent to exclusive
jurisdiction over them in any state or federal court sitting in
California, and hereby waive any claim or defense that such forum
is not convenient or proper, and consent to service of process
by any means authorized by California law.
23.
INTERNATIONAL USAGE. The Web Sites are distributed internationally
and may contain references to E-Book System products, Web Sites,
Applications and Software that have not been announced in your
country. These references do not imply that E-Book Systems intends
to announce such products, Web Sites, Applications and Software
in your country. These Web Site are controlled and operated by
E-Book Systems from its offices within California, United States
of America. We make no representation that the products, Web Sites,
Applications or Products offered by E-Book Systems are appropriate
or available in other locations. Those who choose to access the
Web Sites from other locations do so on their own initiative and
are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the
extent local laws are applicable.
24.
GENERAL NOTICES. All notices required by or allowed under this
Agreement, including notices of problems and/or inaccuracies in
the Web Sites, Applications and Software should be addressed to
E-Book Systems, Inc., 1500 Wyatt Drive, Suite 15, Santa Clara,
California 95054. If applicable law requires that we accept email
notices, then you may send us email notice at rick@ebooksys.com.
With respect to our notices to you, we may provide notice of Amendments
by posting them on any Web Site and you agree to check for changes.
Instead, or in addition, we may give notice by sending email to
the email address you provide during registration. Notice shall
be deemed given twenty-four (24) hours after it is posted or an
email is sent, unless (as to email) the sending party is notified
that the email address is invalid. Alternatively, we may give
you notice by certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt
requested, to the address provided during registration. In such
case, notice shall be deemed given three (3) days after the date
of mailing.
25.
NOTICE TO COPYRIGHT AGENT. E-Book Systems respects
the intellectual property rights of others and
requests that you do the same. Anyone who believes
that their work has been reproduced on the Web
Sites in a way that constitutes copyright infringement
may provide a notice to the designated Copyright
Agent for the Web Sites containing the following:
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An electronic or physical signature of a person authorized to
act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
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Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
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Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing
and information reasonably sufficient to permit E-Book Systems
to locate the material;
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The address, telephone number, and, if available, an e-mail address
at which the complaining party may be contacted;
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A representation that the complaining party has a good faith belief
that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized
by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
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A representation that the information in the notification is accurate,
and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized
to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly
infringed.
Copyright
infringement claims and notices (but not other notices) should
be sent to the attention of _____Rick Chow_____, in any of the
following manners:
by
mail: E-Book Systems, Inc., 1500 Wyatt Drive, Suite 15, Santa
Clara, California 95054
by
phone: (65) 258-6100 ext 120
by fax: (65) 258-7300
by
email: rick@ebooksys.com