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ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
BFMA International
Incorporated ("BFMA") makes available for your use on this Web site
(the "Site") information, documents, software and products (collectively,
the "Materials") and various services operated by BFMA (collectively,
the "Services"), subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
document (the "Terms of Use"). By accessing or using this Site, which
includes your access to or use of any of the Services, you agree to the Terms
of Use. BFMA reserves the right to change the Terms of Use from time to time at
its sole discretion. Your use of the Site will be subject to the most current
version of the Terms of Use posted on the Site at the time of such use. In addition,
when using particular Services or Materials on this Site, you shall be subject
to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such Services or Materials that
may contain terms and conditions in addition to those in the Terms of Use. All
such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the Terms of
Use. If you breach any of the Terms of Use, your authorization to use this Site
automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any Materials downloaded
or printed from the Site.
COPYRIGHT; LIMITED LICENSE
The Materials and Services
on this Site are protected by copyright and/or other intellectual property laws
and any unauthorized use of the Materials or Services at this Site may violate
such laws. Except as expressly provided herein, BFMA and its suppliers do not
grant any express or implied right to you under any patents, copyrights, trademarks,
or trade secret information with respect to the Materials and Services.
Except
as specifically permitted herein, no portion of the information or documents on
this Site may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written
permission of BFMA.
Use of Software. Any software and accompanying documentation that may be made available
to download from this Site are the copyrighted work of BFMA and/or its suppliers.
Use of the software is governed by the terms of the end user license agreement
that accompanies or is included with such software. You will not be able to download
or install any software that is accompanied by or includes an end user license
agreement unless you agree to the terms of such end user license agreement. If
you do not agree to such terms, you will not be able to use the software. You
may not decompile, reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to discover the source
code of the software available on the Site.
Use of Site Information. Except as otherwise indicated elsewhere on this Site, you
may view, download and print the documents and information available on this Site
subject to the following conditions:
1.
The documents
and information may be used solely for personal, informational, internal, non-commercial
purposes.
2.
The documents
and information may not be modified or altered in any way.
3.
The documents
and information on the Site may not be distributed.
4.
You may
not remove any copyright or other proprietary notices contained in the documents
and information.
5.
BFMA reserves
the right to revoke the authorization to view, download and print the documents
and information available on this Site at any time, and any such use shall be
discontinued immediately upon written notice from BFMA.
6.
The rights
granted to you constitute a license and not a transfer of title.
The
rights specified above to view, download and print the documents and information
available on this Site are not applicable to the design or layout of this Site.
Elements of this Site are protected by trade dress and other laws and may not
be copied or imitated in whole or in part.
USE AND PROTECTION OF MEMBER NUMBER AND PASSWORD
You are responsible
for maintaining the confidentiality of your member number and/or password, if
applicable. You are responsible for all uses of your account, whether or not actually
or expressly authorized by you.
WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMERS
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY
PROVIDED OTHERWISE IN A WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND BFMA, ALL MATERIALS
AND SERVICES ON THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR THE WARRANTY OF NON-INFRINGEMENT.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, BFMA MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SERVICES AND
MATERIALS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE SERVICES AND MATERIALS WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED
FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR MATERIALS WILL BE EFFECTIVE, ACCURATE OR RELIABLE,
(iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, OR INFORMATION PURCHASED OR OBTAINED
BY YOU FROM THE SITE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND (v) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE
OBTAINED FROM THE SITE WILL BE CORRECTED. SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT
ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED
WARRANTY MAY LAST, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. TO THE EXTENT
PERMISSIBLE, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARE LIMITED TO NINETY (90) DAYS.
THIS
SITE COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL OR OTHER MISTAKES, INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL
ERRORS. BFMA MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THE MATERIALS AND SERVICES AT THIS SITE, INCLUDING
THE PRICES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF ANY PRODUCTS LISTED HEREIN, AT ANY TIME WITHOUT
NOTICE. THE MATERIALS OR SERVICES AT THIS SITE MAY BE OUT OF DATE, AND BFMA MAKES
NO COMMITMENT TO UPDATE SUCH MATERIALS OR SERVICES.
BFMA
ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE INFORMATION, DOCUMENTS,
SOFTWARE, MATERIALS AND/OR SERVICES WHICH ARE REFERENCED BY OR LINKED TO THIS
SITE. REFERENCES TO OTHER CORPORATIONS, THEIR SERVICES AND PRODUCTS, ARE PROVIDED
"AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
IN
NO EVENT SHALL BFMA OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY
SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND,
OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RESULTING FROM
LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT BFMA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE USE OF THIS SITE OR OF ANY WEB SITE REFERENCED OR LINKED TO FROM THIS
SITE. SOME JURISDICTIONS PROHIBIT THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR
CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO
YOU.
THE
USE OF THE SERVICES OR THE DOWNLOADING OR OTHER ACQUISITION OF ANY MATERIALS THROUGH
THE SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND WITH YOUR AGREEMENT THAT
YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS
OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM SUCH ACTIVITIES. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL
OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM BFMA OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SITE SHALL CREATE
ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS OF USE.
This
Site contains links to third-party Web sites that are not under the control of
BFMA. BFMA makes no representations whatsoever about any other Web site to which
you may have access through this Site. When you access a non-BFMA Web site, you
do so at your own risk and BFMA is not responsible for the accuracy or reliability
of any information, data, opinions, advice, or statements made on these sites
or for the quality of any products or services available on such sites. BFMA provides
these links merely as a convenience and the inclusion of such links does not imply
that BFMA endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content or uses of such
Web sites.
This
Site can be accessed from other countries around the world and may contain references
to BFMA products, services, and programs that have not been announced in your
country. These references do not imply that BFMA intends to announce such products,
services or programs in your country.
LICENSE FOR USER CONTENT
Certain Services offered
on this Site accommodate or require user-supplied information, materials or communications
(collectively, 'User Content'). Depending upon the nature of the Service, by submitting
User Content to this Site you grant BFMA one of the following two types of licenses:
1.
For User
Content that is the result of your creative efforts, such as examples of work
you have done using BFMA products, you hereby grant BFMA a worldwide, royalty-free,
non-exclusive license to reproduce and modify (for purposes of formatting, maintenance
or Site administration only) such User Content. You also grant BFMA the right
to distribute and publicly display and perform such User Content for the purpose
for which such User Content was submitted to the Service. This license will be
in effect until such User Content is removed from the Site.
2.
For User
Content such as comments to the BFMA User to User Forums, bug reports, piracy
reports or product suggestions, you grant BFMA an unrestricted, worldwide, irrevocable
license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit and distribute such
User Content, and you also agree that BFMA is free to use any ideas, concepts,
know-how or techniques that you send us for any purpose. However, we will not
release your name or otherwise publicize the fact that you submitted such User
Content to us unless: (a) we first notify you that the User Content you submit
to a particular part of the Site will be published or otherwise used with your
name on it; or (b) we are required to do so by law.
PROHIBITED COMMUNICATIONS
You may only submit
to the Site, User Content that is (a) owned by you, (b) submitted with the express
permission of the owner, or (c) in the public domain. You are prohibited from
posting or transmitting to or from this Site any unlawful, threatening, libelous,
defamatory, obscene, pornographic, or other materials that would violate any law
or the rights of others, including without limitation, laws against copyright
infringement. Violation of these restrictions may result in limitations on access
by you to this Site.
MANAGING USER CONTENT AND COMMUNICATIONS
BFMA reserves the right,
in its sole discretion, to delete or remove your User Content from the Site and
to restrict, suspend or terminate your access to all or part of this Site, at
any time for any reason without prior notice or liability.
BFMA
may establish general practices and limits on the use of any Service, including,
but not limited to, limits on retention time, file size, and storage space for
User Content. BFMA shall have no liability or responsibility for the deletion
or failure to store any information or materials in connection with any Service.
BFMA
may, but is not obligated to, monitor or review (i) any areas on the Site where
users transmit or post User Content, including but not limited to areas where
Services are available, or chat rooms, bulletin boards or other user forums, and
(ii) the substance of any User Content.
To
the maximum extent permitted by law, BFMA will have no liability related to User
Content arising under the laws of copyright, libel, privacy, obscenity, or otherwise.
BFMA also disclaims all liability with respect to the misuse, loss, modification,
or unavailability of any User Content.
FORMSPACE
Your access to the
User to User Forums will be denied for violation of the prohibitions set forth
in this Terms of Use under the Section entitled PROHIBITED COMMUNICATIONS.
NOTIFICATION OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
BFMA will, in appropriate
circumstances, terminate the accounts of users who infringe the intellectual property
rights of others. If you believe that your work has been used or copied in a way
that constitutes copyright infringement and such infringement is occurring on
this Site or on sites linked to from this Site, please provide BFMA's Copyright
Agent a Notice containing the following elements:
1.
a physical
or electronic signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner
of the copyright interest that is alleged to have been infringed;
2.
a description
of the copyrighted work or works that you claim have been infringed and identification
of what material in such work(s) is claimed to be infringing and which you request
to be removed or access to which is to be disabled;
3.
a description
of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the BFMA site;
4.
information
sufficient to permit BFMA to contact you, such as your physical address, telephone
number, and email address;
5.
a statement
by you that you have a good faith belief that the use of the material identified
in your Notice in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright
owner, its agent, or the law;
6.
a statement
by you that the information in your Notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury,
that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's
behalf.
BFMA's
Copyright Agent for Notice of claims of copyright infringement can be reached
as follows:
By
mail:
BFMA International Incorporated
319 SW Washington
Suite 710
Portland, OR 97204-2618
By
telephone: (503) 227-3393
By fax: (503) 274-7667
By email: copyright@bfma.org
THE
COPYRIGHT AGENT SHOULD ONLY BE CONTACTED IF YOU BELIEVE THAT YOUR WORK HAS BEEN
USED OR COPIED IN A WAY THAT CONSTITUTES COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND SUCH INFRINGEMENT
IS OCCURRING ON THIS SITE OR ON SITES LINKED TO FROM THIS SITE. ALL OTHER INQUIRIES
DIRECTED TO THE COPYRIGHT AGENT WILL NOT BE RESPONDED TO.
INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify
and hold BFMA, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders
or other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of content
you submit, post to or transmit through the Site (including, without limitation,
any User Content), your use of the Site, your connection to the Site, your violation
of the Terms of Use, or your violation of any rights of another person or entity.
GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
This Site (excluding
linked sites) is controlled by BFMA from its offices within the state of Oregon,
United States of America. By accessing this Site, you and BFMA agree that all
matters relating to your access to, or use of, this Site shall be governed by
the statutes and laws of the State of Oregon, without regard to the conflicts
of laws principles thereof. You and BFMA also agree and hereby submit to the exclusive
personal jurisdiction and venue of courts having situs within Multnomah County
in the State of Oregon. BFMA makes no representation that Materials or Services
available on this Site are appropriate or available for use in other locations,
and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited.
Those who choose to access this Site from other locations do so on their own initiative
and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
TRADEMARK INFORMATION
The trademarks, logos
and service marks ("Marks") displayed on this Site are the property
of BFMA or other third parties. You are not permitted to use the Marks without
the prior written consent of BFMA or such third party which may own the Marks.
BFMA and the BFMA logo are trademarks of BFMA International Incorporated.
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