The Jane Goodall Institute Press Room - RSS Terms Of Use Agreement

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1. GRANT. Subject to the terms of this Agreement and, unless otherwise consented to by THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE, THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE hereby grants you, during the Term, a revocable, nontransferable, nonsublicensable, royalty-free, nonexclusive license to display on your Web site ("Site") the headlines, active links, or other source identifiers, and other information or materials, including any promotional taglines that you specifically select to receive from THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE (collectively, the “Content”) through the Service provided that you do not alter, edit, or delete any of the Service. THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE may restrict, suspend or terminate your access to any aspect or all of the Service at any time without liability. THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE reserves the right to modify the Service at any time within THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE’S sole discretion. You acknowledge that the Service availability is subject to change at THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE'S sole discretion.

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THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE assumes no liability for your activity in connection with the Services and the Service or for the development, operation, and maintenance of your Site. Any fraudulent, abusive, or otherwise illegal activity will be grounds for termination of this Agreement. You will not attempt to hide your identity, represent yourself as someone else, compromise or attempt to compromise the security of any account, or interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of Services. If you use, or attempt to use, any Service beyond the scope of the license granted in this Agreement, or beyond the scope expressly granted by THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE, or attempt to, tamper, hack, spoof, use robots or scripts, copy, distribute, modify, or otherwise corrupt the administration, security, or proper function of any part of the Service, then, in addition to termination of this Agreement, you may be subject to appropriate legal and equitable action.

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7. TERMINATION. Unless otherwise agreed to by THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE, you may terminate this Agreement and the license granted herein at any time by destroying or removing all copies of the Service from your Site, all hard drives, networks, and other storage media. Unless otherwise agreed to by THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE, THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE may restrict, suspend or terminate the Service, this Agreement, the license granted herein, or your access to any aspect or all of the Service at any time without liability. You agree to destroy or return to THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE all copies of the Service and all Proprietary Information promptly upon learning of such Termination. Sections 2 through 8 shall survive termination of this Agreement.

8. MISCELLANEOUS. This Agreement represents the complete agreement concerning this license between the parties and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings between them, whether written or oral. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable. You may not assign this Agreement without THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE'S prior written consent; any assignment by you without such consent shall be null and void.

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