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These Terms and Conditions describe the agreement made
between us and the users of our Digital Windmill web navigation services,
hereafter referred to as the End-User License agreement. (EULA)
BY INSTALLING OUR SERVICE ON YOUR SITE, YOU ARE
INDICATING YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF THE AGREEMENT BELOW. READ THE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY AS IT SETS FORTH YOUR
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS WITH RESPECT TO USE OF THE DW SOFTWARE AND
SERVICES.IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
THIS AGREEMENT, YOU SHOULD NOT INSTALL THE CODE ON YOUR
SITE.
DIGITAL WINDMILL END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR WEB
BASED DIRECTORY ACCESS SERVICE
1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF SERVICE
AND APPLICATION
The Digital Windmill service and the Digital
Windmill software and related updates ("Software") associated therewith
(collectively, the "Service") is owned and operated by Anaconda Partners LLC,
trading as Digital Windmill. ("DW") and is provided to you
as an entity ("End User") under the terms and conditions of this DW End
User License Agreement ("EULA"), which includes operating rules or
policies that may be published by DW from time to time. Note: DW will
evaluate all applications in good faith and will notify applicants of
their acceptance or rejection. DW reserves the right to reject an
application or terminate a EULA at any time if DW determines (in DW's sole
discretion) that an applicant's site or activities are unsuitable for DW's
service. "Unsuitable" sites include, without limitation, those sites that
DW believes: (1) promote obscene, pornographic or sexually explicit and/or
adult themed materials; (2) promote abusive, threatening, hateful,
harmful, harassing or violent behavior; (3) promote discrimination based
on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or
age; (5) promote illegal activities or fail to comply with applicable law;
or (6) violate the intellectual property rights of third parties; or (5)
have the potential to interfere with the use, enjoyment, deployment or
operation of the DW service or system.
2. THE
SERVICE
Description of Service. DW will provide End User with the
capability to incorporate open directory data, and/or any other licensed,
sub-licensed, proprietary or otherwise database, with their own formatting
and brand identity via the World Wide Web (the "Web") on DW's system. End
User must: (a) provide all equipment, including a computer and modem,
necessary to establish a connection to the Web, and (b) provide for End
User's own access to the Web and pay any telephone or other connection and
service fees associated with such access.
Service Content. End User
acknowledges that content, including but not limited to text, software,
music, sound, photographs, video, graphics or other material contained in
either sponsor advertisements or email-distributed, commercially produced
information presented to End User by DW or by DW's suppliers pursuant to
the Service ("Content"), may be protected under the intellectual property
laws of the United Kingdom or other countries; therefore, End User is only
permitted to use this Content as expressly authorized by DW.
Open
Directory Disclaimer. DW makes available certain content through the Open
Directory Project. The directories, and the underlying content, are
created entirely by other parties and are solely the responsibility of
such other parties. Consequently, DW cannot, and does not, represent or
warrant the reliability, accuracy, and truthfulness of that
content.Although periodically DW may attempt to verify the accuracy of
information in the Open Directory, neither DW nor its parents,
subsidiaries or agents shall be held liable for any technical
inaccuracies, typographical errors, availability or inaccuracies in the
links or any information in the Open Directory. In addition, DW has no
control over whether that content is of a nature that users will find
inoffensive, tasteful and otherwise acceptable. DW has no responsibility
for such content and is providing access to such content as a service.
End-User bears all risk associated with any content accessed through the
aforementioned service. Your accessing of any content through the service
is subject to your agreement to these terms and conditions. If you proceed
to use the Open Directory, you thereby agree to be bound by these terms
and conditions. The disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability
set forth in capitalized letters below apply to the use of the Open
Directory access service.
3. LICENSE, RESTRICTIONS, OWNERSHIP
License Grant. Subject to the terms and conditions of the EULA, DW grants
to End User a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited license to use the
Software solely for the purpose of accessing and using the Service during
the term of this EULA.
Restrictions. End User agrees not to do any of the
following: (a) copy the Software or the Content, except as specifically
described in this Agreement; (b) translate the Software or the Content;
(c) merge the Software or the Content with another program or modify the
Software or the Content; (d) reverse-engineer, disassemble, decompile, or
make any attempt to discover the source code of the Software except as
otherwise specifically permitted under applicable law; (e) sublicense,
rent, or lease any portion of the Software or the Content; (f) use the
Software, the Content or the Service for commercial purposes (i.e. for the
purpose of generating revenue) of for any purposes other than those set
forth in this Section 3.
Ownership and Reserved Rights. DW and/or
its suppliers retain all right, title and interest in and to the Software
and the Content, which are protected by United Kingdom and international
copyright laws and international treaty provisions.
DW reserves all
other rights not expressly granted to End User, including without
limitation, (a) the right to include, without further notice, means within
the Software to limit End User's use of the Software and (b) the right to
audit End User's deployment and use of the Software for compliance with
the terms of this license at any time upon reasonable notice. The license
granted to End User in this Section 3 shall in no event be construed as
conferring a license to, or rights in, any DW patent or
trademark.
4. MODIFICATIONS
Modifications to EULA. DW may
change the terms and conditions of the EULA at any time by sending End
User such changes (which will constitute notice to End User) by email. End
User agrees that its continued use of the Service after receiving the
email containing such changed terms constitutes End User's acceptance of
such changed terms.
Modifications to the Service. DW reserves the
right to modify or discontinue the Service, or any portion thereof, at any
time, with or without notice to End User. DW shall not be liable to End
User or any third party should DW exercise its right to modify or
discontinue the Service.
5. DW's PRIVACY POLICY Information
Provided by End User. End User agrees to: (1) provide DW with certain
current, complete, and accurate information about End User as DW requests
and (2) maintain and update this information as required to keep it
current, complete and accurate. All information requested by DW at the
time of End User's original registration shall be referred to as
registration data ("Registration Data"). If any information provided by
End User (including without limitation Registration Data) is inaccurate,
false, or misleading, DW retains the right to terminate immediately End
User's rights to use the Service. Right to Disclose.
End User
grants DW the right to disclose to third parties certain Registration Data
about End User in the aggregate; provided, however, that such disclosures
shall exclude personally identifiable information about End User,
including End User's name, mailing address, email address, account and
phone number information unless: (a) End User expressly agrees in advance
in writing that DW may disclose such information, or (b) DW is required to
disclose such information by any applicable law, agency, or legal process
or entity. Moreover, DW may (and End User grants DW a right to) disclose
any information, including personally identifiable information in a
non-aggregated form, when DW has a good faith belief that such action is
necessary to: (i) conform to the dictates of legal, judicial or
administrative orders or other like instructions; (ii) protect and defend
the rights or property of DW; (iii) act under exigent circumstances to
protect the personal or informational safety of its End Users or the
public; or (iv) as DW determines is reasonably necessary for the
maintenance of the Service or for a valid and complete assignment of this
Agreement pursuant to the "Assignment" clause in Section 15. No
Endorsement of End User Content. End User acknowledges and agrees that DW
neither endorses the contents of any End User communications nor assumes
responsibility for any threatening, libelous, obscene, harassing or
offensive material contained therein, any infringement of third party
Intellectual Property Rights arising therefrom or any crime facilitated
thereby. For purposes of this Agreement, "Intellectual Property Rights"
means all copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets, patents,
patent applications, moral rights, contract rights, mask work rights,
know-how and other proprietary rights, whether registered or unregistered,
existing at any time throughout the world.
6. END USER ACCOUNT,
PASSWORD, AND SECURITY End User's Responsibilities. End User is entirely
responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of End User's password and
account, and for any and all activities which occur under End User's
account or password. End User agrees to immediately notify DW of any
unauthorized use of End User's account, password, or any other breach of
security known to End User.
7. DISCLAIMER OF DW
WARRANTIES
DW PROVIDES THE SERVICE ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE"
BASIS, AND END USER USES SUCH SERVICE AT ITS SOLE RISK. DW MAKES NO
WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICE WILL MEET END USER'S REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THE
SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE; NOR DOES DW
MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF
THE SERVICE OR AS TO THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION
OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE SERVICE WILL BE
CORRECTED. DW EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER
EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NON-INFRINGEMENT. END USER UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT ANY MATERIAL AND/OR
DATA DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS
DONE AT END USER'S OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT END USER WILL BE
SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO END USER'S COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF
DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH MATERIAL AND/OR DATA. DW MAKE
NO WARRANTY REGARDING ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED THROUGH
THE SERVICE OR ANY TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH THE SERVICE. NO
ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY END USER FROM
DW SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN. SOME JURISDICTIONS
DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE
EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO END USER.
8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
DW WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF USE, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, OR
ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND
(INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS) REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF
ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT PRODUCT
LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF DW HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION
OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE
LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO END USER.
9. BANDWIDTH LIMITATIONS DW
has set no fixed upper limit on the number of requests an End User may
send or receive through the Service; however, DW retains the right, at
DW's sole discretion, to determine whether or not End User's conduct is
consistent with the letter and spirit of the EULA and may terminate
Service if DW determines in its sole discretion that End User's conduct is
inconsistent with the EULA.
DW ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
DELETION OR FAILURE TO STORE OR DELIVER BRANDING INFORMATION OR OTHER
INFORMATION ANY ANY KIND, TYPE OR FORM.
10. END USER CONDUCT AND
WARRANTIES End User assumes sole responsibility for its conduct and the
contents of its transmissions through the Service. End User expressly
covenants, represents, and warrants that, during the term of the EULA, End
User will :- (a) comply with all applicable local, regional, national and
international laws and regulations, including without limitation all
export control laws governing the transmission of technical data exported
from the United Kingdom; (b) comply with all Internet regulations,
policies and procedures; use the Service for no illegal purposes; (c)
comply with all regulations, policies and procedures of networks connected
to the Service; (d) not to transmit through the Service any unlawful,
harassing, libelous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene,
pornographic, hateful or otherwise objectionable material of any kind or
nature. (e) not to transmit any material that encourages conduct that
could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or
otherwise violate any applicable local, regional, national or
international law or regulation. Attempts to gain unauthorized access to
other computer systems are prohibited; (f) not interfere with another End
User's use and enjoyment of the Service or another entity's use and
enjoyment of similar services; (g) provide to DW complete, accurate and
current information whenever End User is required to provide information
to DW and (h) possess the requisite title, authority and capacity to enter
into or perform its obligations hereunder.
11. INDEMNIFICATION End
User agrees to indemnify, defend (at DW's request), and hold DW, its
parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, employees, agents,
contractors and suppliers harmless from any claim, suit, action, expense
or demand, including without limitation all claims for damages, fees or
costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees) made or brought by any third
party due to or arising out of :- (a) End User's use of the Service or any
part thereof; (b) the violation by End User of this EULA or any provision
therein (including warranties, representations or covenants); (c) the
infringement or misappropriation by End User (or a third party using End
User's computer, account or password to access and/or use the Service) of
any Intellectual Property Rights of any person or entity; or (d) the use
or misuse by End User or third parties of End User passwords or
accounts.
12. TERM AND TERMINATION Term. The term of the license
granted pursuant to Section 3 shall commence at such time as End User
receives from DW the Software and shall continue unless terminated as set
forth in this Section 12. Termination. Either End User or DW may terminate
the Service with or without cause at any time, effective immediately upon
written notice to the other party. DW shall not be liable to End User or
any third party for termination of Service. Effect of Termination. Upon
termination of the Service, End User's right and license to use the
Service and the Software immediately cease. End User shall have no right
and DW will have no obligation thereafter to provide services specified
under this EULA to End User or any third party.
13. NOTICE All
notices to a party shall be in writing and shall be made either via email
or conventional mail. DW may broadcast notices or messages through the
Service to inform End User of changes to the EULA, the Service, or other
matters of importance; such broadcasts shall constitute notice to End
User.
14. PARTICIPATION IN PROMOTIONS OF ADVERTISERS End User may
enter into correspondence with or participate in promotions of advertisers
showing their products on the Service ("Advertisers"). Any such
correspondence or promotions, including the delivery of and the payment
for goods and services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or
representations associated with such correspondence or promotions, are
solely between the corresponding End User and such Advertiser. DW assumes
no liability, obligation or responsibility for any part of any such
correspondence or promotion.
15. GENERAL Governing Law and Venue.
This Agreement shall for all purposes be governed by and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of Scotland as those laws are applied to
contracts entered into and to be performed entirely in that country by
residents of such province. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for
the International Sale of Goods is expressly
disclaimed.
Assignment. No right may be assigned, and no duty may
be delegated, by either party under this Agreement except upon the written
consent of the other party and any attempted assignment and delegation
without such consent shall be void and without effect. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, however, DW shall be entitled to assign this agreement, and all
rights and obligations hereunder, to a successor to all or substantially
all of its assets, whether by sale, merger or otherwise.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective representatives, heirs,
administrators, successors and permitted assigns except as otherwise
provided herein.
No Agency. Neither party is, nor will it be deemed
to be, an agent or legal representative of the other party for any
purpose. Neither party will be entitled to enter into any contracts in the
name of or on behalf of the other party, and neither party will be
entitled to pledge the credit of the other party in any way or hold itself
out as having authority to do so.
Severability. If any provision(s)
of the EULA is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to
law, or otherwise invalid or unenforceable, then such provision(s) shall
be construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the
parties with the other provisions remaining in full force and effect.
Waiver. Any waiver (express or implied) by either party of any breach of
this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any other or subsequent
breach. No provision of the Agreement will be waived by any act, omission
or knowledge of a party or its agents or employees except by an instrument
in writing expressly waiving such provision and signed by a duly
authorized officer of the waiving party
Statute of Limitations. End
User and DW agree that any cause of action arising out of or related to
this Service must commence within one (1) year after the cause of action
arose; otherwise, such cause of action is permanently null, void and
invalid.
Titles. The section titles in the EULA are solely used for
the convenience of the parties and have no legal or contractual
significance. In the event that any statement in this agreement is in made
in contradiction to applicable law or becomes invalid through application
of any law of Scotland, the remainder of the agreement will remain
intact.
Entire Agreement. This EULA comprises the entire agreement
between End User and DW and supersedes all prior agreements between the
parties, both written and oral, regarding the subject matter contained
herein.
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