Publication Terms and Conditions
D-Publish Publication Terms and Conditions.
1. Your relationship with D-Publish
1.1. Your use of D-Publish to publish documents (referred to collectively as the "Services" in this document and excluding any services provided to you by D-Publish under a separate written agreement) is subject to the terms of a legal agreement between you and D-Publish. "D-Publish" means D-Publish Company Limited, whose principal place of business is at Hong Kong. This document explains how the agreement is made up, and sets out some of the terms of that agreement.
2. Accepting the Term
2.1. In order to use the Services, you must first agree to the Terms. You may not use the Services if you do not accept the Terms.
2.2. You can accept the Terms by:
a. clicking to accept or agree to the Terms, where this option is made available to you by D-Publish in the user interface for any Service; or
b. by actually using the Services. In this case, you understand and agree that D-Publish will treat your use of the Services as acceptance of the Terms from that point onwards.
2.3. You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if (a) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with D-Publish, or (b) you are a person barred from receiving the Services under the laws of the United States or other countries including the country in which you are resident or from which you use the Services.
2.4. Before you continue, you should print off or save a local copy of the Terms for your records.
3. Language of the Terms
3.1. Where D-Publish has provided you with a translation of the English language version of the Terms, then you agree that the translation is provided for your convenience only and that the English language versions of the Terms will govern your relationship with D-Publish.
3.2. If there is any contradiction between what the English language version of the Terms says and what a translation says, then the English language version shall take precedence.
4. Provision of the Services by D-Publish
4.1. D-Publish is constantly innovating in order to provide the best possible experience for its users. You acknowledge and agree that the form and nature of the Services which D-Publish provides may change from time to time without prior notice to you.
4.2. As part of this continuing innovation, you acknowledge and agree that D-Publish may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Services (or any features within the Services) to you or to users generally at D-Publish's sole discretion, without prior notice to you. You may stop using the Services at any time. You do not need to specifically inform D-Publish when you stop using the Services.
4.3. You acknowledge and agree that while D-Publish may not currently have set a fixed upper limit on the number of documents you may publish, send or receive through the Services, such fixed upper limits may be set by D-Publish at any time, at D-Publish's discretion.
5. Use of the Services by you
5.1. In order to access certain Services, you may be required to provide information about yourself (such as identification or contact details) as part of the registration process for the Service, or as part of your continued use of the Services. You agree that any registration information you give to D-Publish will always be accurate, correct and up to date.
5.2. You agree to use the Services only for purposes that are permitted by (a) the Terms and (b) any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions (including any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the United States or other relevant countries).
5.3. You agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services by any means other than through the interface that is provided by D-Publish, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with D-Publish. You specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services through any automated means (including use of scripts or web crawlers) and shall ensure that you comply with the instructions set out in any robots.txt file present on the Services.
5.4. You agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or the servers and networks which are connected to the Services).
5.5. Unless you have been specifically permitted to do so in a separate agreement with D-Publish, you agree that you will not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade or resell the Services for any purpose.
5.6. You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that D-Publish has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any breach of your obligations under the Terms and for the consequences (including any loss or damage which D-Publish may suffer) of any such breach.
6. Privacy and your personal information
6.1. For information about D-Publish's data protection practices, please read D-Publish's privacy policy at http://www.ipandyou.com/privacy.php This policy explains how D-Publish treats your personal information, and protects your privacy, when you use the Services.
6.2. You agree to the use of your data in accordance with D-Publish's privacy policies.
7. Content in the Services
7.1. You understand that all documents which you may have access to as part of, or through your use of, the Services are the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated. All such information is referred to below as the "Content".
7.2. You should be aware that Content presented to you as part of the Services, including but not limited to advertisements in the Services and sponsored Content within the Services may be protected by intellectual property rights which are owned by the sponsors or advertisers who provide that Content to D-Publish (or by other persons or companies on their behalf). You may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on this Content (either in whole or in part) unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by D-Publish or by the owners of that Content, in a separate agreement.
7.3. D-Publish reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or all Content from any Service.
7.4. You understand that by using the Services you may be exposed to Content that you may find offensive, indecent or objectionable and that, in this respect, you use the Services at your own risk.
7.5. You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that D-Publish has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any Content that you create, transmit or display while using the Services and for the consequences of your actions (including any loss or damage which D-Publish may suffer) by doing so.
8. Proprietary rights
8.1. You acknowledge and agree that D-Publish (or D-Publish's licensors) own all legal right, title and interest in and to the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in the Services (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). You further acknowledge that the Services may contain information which is designated confidential by D-Publish and that you shall not disclose such information without D-Publish's prior written consent.
8.2. Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with D-Publish, nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use any of D-Publish's trade names, trade marks, service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features.
8.3. Other than the limited license set forth in Section 11, D-Publish acknowledges and agrees that it obtains no right, title or interest from you (or your licensors) under these Terms in or to any Content that you submit, post, transmit or display on, or through, the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in that Content (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with D-Publish, you agree that you are responsible for protecting and enforcing those rights and that D-Publish has no obligation to do so on your behalf.
8.4. You agree that you shall not remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary rights notices (including copyright and trade mark notices) which may be affixed to or contained within the Services.
8.5. Unless you have been expressly authorized to do so in writing by D-Publish, you agree that in using the Services, you will not use any trade mark, service mark, trade name, logo of any company or organization in a way that is likely or intended to cause confusion about the owner or authorized user of such marks, names or logos.
9. Content licence from you
9.1. You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give D-Publish a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive licence to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, print, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This licence is for the sole purpose of enabling D-Publish to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.
9.2. You agree that this licence includes a right for D-Publish to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom D-Publish has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.
9.3. You understand that D-Publish, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users, may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various public networks and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices, services or media. You agree that this licence shall permit D-Publish to take these actions.
9.4. You confirm and warrant to D-Publish that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above licence.
10. EXCLUSION OF WARRANTIES
10.1. NOTHING IN THESE TERMS, INCLUDING SECTIONS 10 AND 11, SHALL EXCLUDE OR LIMIT D-PUBLISH'S WARRANTY OR LIABILITY FOR LOSSES WHICH MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR BREACH OF IMPLIED TERMS, OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, ONLY THE LIMITATIONS WHICH ARE LAWFUL IN YOUR JURISDICTION WILL APPLY TO YOU AND OUR LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
10.2. YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND THAT THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE."
10.3. IN PARTICULAR, D-PUBLISH, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT TO YOU THAT:
(A) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS,
(B) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR FREE FROM ERROR,
(C) ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, AND
(D) THAT DEFECTS IN THE OPERATION OR FUNCTIONALITY OF ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS PART OF THE SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED.
10.4. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR OTHER DEVICE OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
10.5. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM D-PUBLISH OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS.
10.6. D-PUBLISH FURTHER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
11.1. SUBJECT TO OVERALL PROVISION IN PARAGRAPH 10.1 ABOVE, YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT D-PUBLISH, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR:
(A) ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, HOWEVER CAUSED AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY.. THIS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ANY LOSS OF PROFIT (WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY), ANY LOSS OF GOODWILL OR BUSINESS REPUTATION, ANY LOSS OF DATA SUFFERED, COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSS;
(B) ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF:
(I) ANY RELIANCE PLACED BY YOU ON THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY OR EXISTENCE OF ANY ADVERTISING, OR AS A RESULT OF ANY RELATIONSHIP OR TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY ADVERTISER OR SPONSOR WHOSE ADVERTISING APPEARS ON THE SERVICES;
(II) ANY CHANGES WHICH D-PUBLISH MAY MAKE TO THE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY CESSATION IN THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICES (OR ANY FEATURES WITHIN THE SERVICES);
(III) THE DELETION OF, CORRUPTION OF, OR FAILURE TO STORE, ANY CONTENT AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DATA MAINTAINED OR TRANSMITTED BY OR THROUGH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES;
(IV) YOUR FAILURE TO PROVIDE D-PUBLISH WITH ACCURATE ACCOUNT INFORMATION;
(V) YOUR FAILURE TO KEEP YOUR PASSWORD OR ACCOUNT DETAILS SECURE AND CONFIDENTIAL;
11.2. THE LIMITATIONS ON D-PUBLISH'S LIABILITY TO YOU IN PARAGRAPH 11.1 ABOVE SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT D-PUBLISH HAS BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH LOSSES ARISING.
12. Copyright and trade mark policies
12.1. It is D-Publish's policy to respond to notices of alleged copyright and trade mark infringement that comply with applicable international intellectual property law (including, in the United States, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act) and to terminating the accounts of repeat infringers.
13. Advertisements
13.1. Some of the Services are supported by advertising revenue and may display advertisements and promotions. These advertisements may be targeted to the content of information stored on the Services, queries made through the Services or other information.
13.2. The manner, mode and extent of advertising by D-Publish on the Services are subject to change without specific notice to you.
13.3. In consideration for D-Publish granting you access to and use of the Services, you agree that D-Publish may place such advertising on the Services.
14. Changes to the Terms
14.1. D-Publish may make changes to the Terms from time to time. When these changes are made, D-Publish will make a new copy of the Universal Terms available at D-Publish website.
14.2. You understand and agree that if you use the Services after the date on which the Terms have changed, D-Publish will treat your use as acceptance of the updated Terms.
15. General legal terms
15.1. The Terms constitute the whole legal agreement between you and D-Publish and govern your use of the Services (but excluding any services which D-Publish may provide to you under a separate written agreement), and completely replace any prior agreements between you and D-Publish in relation to the Services.
15.2. You agree that D-Publish may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms, by email, regular mail, or postings on the Services.
15.3. You agree that if D-Publish does not exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy which is contained in the Terms (or which D-Publish has the benefit of under any applicable law), this will not be taken to be a formal waiver of D-Publish's rights and that those rights or remedies will still be available to D-Publish.
15.4. If any court of law, having the jurisdiction to decide on this matter, rules that any provision of these Terms is invalid, then that provision will be removed from the Terms without affecting the rest of the Terms. The remaining provisions of the Terms will continue to be valid and enforceable.
15.5. You acknowledge and agree that each member of the group of companies of which D-Publish is the parent shall be third party beneficiaries to the Terms and that such other companies shall be entitled to directly enforce, and rely upon, any provision of the Terms which confers a benefit on (or rights in favor of) them. Other than this, no other person or company shall be third party beneficiaries to the Terms.
1. Your relationship with D-Publish
1.1. Your use of D-Publish to publish documents (referred to collectively as the "Services" in this document and excluding any services provided to you by D-Publish under a separate written agreement) is subject to the terms of a legal agreement between you and D-Publish. "D-Publish" means D-Publish Company Limited, whose principal place of business is at Hong Kong. This document explains how the agreement is made up, and sets out some of the terms of that agreement.
2. Accepting the Term
2.1. In order to use the Services, you must first agree to the Terms. You may not use the Services if you do not accept the Terms.
2.2. You can accept the Terms by:
a. clicking to accept or agree to the Terms, where this option is made available to you by D-Publish in the user interface for any Service; or
b. by actually using the Services. In this case, you understand and agree that D-Publish will treat your use of the Services as acceptance of the Terms from that point onwards.
2.3. You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if (a) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with D-Publish, or (b) you are a person barred from receiving the Services under the laws of the United States or other countries including the country in which you are resident or from which you use the Services.
2.4. Before you continue, you should print off or save a local copy of the Terms for your records.
3. Language of the Terms
3.1. Where D-Publish has provided you with a translation of the English language version of the Terms, then you agree that the translation is provided for your convenience only and that the English language versions of the Terms will govern your relationship with D-Publish.
3.2. If there is any contradiction between what the English language version of the Terms says and what a translation says, then the English language version shall take precedence.
4. Provision of the Services by D-Publish
4.1. D-Publish is constantly innovating in order to provide the best possible experience for its users. You acknowledge and agree that the form and nature of the Services which D-Publish provides may change from time to time without prior notice to you.
4.2. As part of this continuing innovation, you acknowledge and agree that D-Publish may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Services (or any features within the Services) to you or to users generally at D-Publish's sole discretion, without prior notice to you. You may stop using the Services at any time. You do not need to specifically inform D-Publish when you stop using the Services.
4.3. You acknowledge and agree that while D-Publish may not currently have set a fixed upper limit on the number of documents you may publish, send or receive through the Services, such fixed upper limits may be set by D-Publish at any time, at D-Publish's discretion.
5. Use of the Services by you
5.1. In order to access certain Services, you may be required to provide information about yourself (such as identification or contact details) as part of the registration process for the Service, or as part of your continued use of the Services. You agree that any registration information you give to D-Publish will always be accurate, correct and up to date.
5.2. You agree to use the Services only for purposes that are permitted by (a) the Terms and (b) any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions (including any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the United States or other relevant countries).
5.3. You agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services by any means other than through the interface that is provided by D-Publish, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with D-Publish. You specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services through any automated means (including use of scripts or web crawlers) and shall ensure that you comply with the instructions set out in any robots.txt file present on the Services.
5.4. You agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or the servers and networks which are connected to the Services).
5.5. Unless you have been specifically permitted to do so in a separate agreement with D-Publish, you agree that you will not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade or resell the Services for any purpose.
5.6. You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that D-Publish has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any breach of your obligations under the Terms and for the consequences (including any loss or damage which D-Publish may suffer) of any such breach.
6. Privacy and your personal information
6.1. For information about D-Publish's data protection practices, please read D-Publish's privacy policy at http://www.ipandyou.com/privacy.php This policy explains how D-Publish treats your personal information, and protects your privacy, when you use the Services.
6.2. You agree to the use of your data in accordance with D-Publish's privacy policies.
7. Content in the Services
7.1. You understand that all documents which you may have access to as part of, or through your use of, the Services are the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated. All such information is referred to below as the "Content".
7.2. You should be aware that Content presented to you as part of the Services, including but not limited to advertisements in the Services and sponsored Content within the Services may be protected by intellectual property rights which are owned by the sponsors or advertisers who provide that Content to D-Publish (or by other persons or companies on their behalf). You may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on this Content (either in whole or in part) unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by D-Publish or by the owners of that Content, in a separate agreement.
7.3. D-Publish reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or all Content from any Service.
7.4. You understand that by using the Services you may be exposed to Content that you may find offensive, indecent or objectionable and that, in this respect, you use the Services at your own risk.
7.5. You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that D-Publish has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any Content that you create, transmit or display while using the Services and for the consequences of your actions (including any loss or damage which D-Publish may suffer) by doing so.
8. Proprietary rights
8.1. You acknowledge and agree that D-Publish (or D-Publish's licensors) own all legal right, title and interest in and to the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in the Services (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). You further acknowledge that the Services may contain information which is designated confidential by D-Publish and that you shall not disclose such information without D-Publish's prior written consent.
8.2. Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with D-Publish, nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use any of D-Publish's trade names, trade marks, service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features.
8.3. Other than the limited license set forth in Section 11, D-Publish acknowledges and agrees that it obtains no right, title or interest from you (or your licensors) under these Terms in or to any Content that you submit, post, transmit or display on, or through, the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in that Content (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with D-Publish, you agree that you are responsible for protecting and enforcing those rights and that D-Publish has no obligation to do so on your behalf.
8.4. You agree that you shall not remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary rights notices (including copyright and trade mark notices) which may be affixed to or contained within the Services.
8.5. Unless you have been expressly authorized to do so in writing by D-Publish, you agree that in using the Services, you will not use any trade mark, service mark, trade name, logo of any company or organization in a way that is likely or intended to cause confusion about the owner or authorized user of such marks, names or logos.
9. Content licence from you
9.1. You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give D-Publish a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive licence to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, print, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This licence is for the sole purpose of enabling D-Publish to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.
9.2. You agree that this licence includes a right for D-Publish to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom D-Publish has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.
9.3. You understand that D-Publish, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users, may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various public networks and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices, services or media. You agree that this licence shall permit D-Publish to take these actions.
9.4. You confirm and warrant to D-Publish that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above licence.
10. EXCLUSION OF WARRANTIES
10.1. NOTHING IN THESE TERMS, INCLUDING SECTIONS 10 AND 11, SHALL EXCLUDE OR LIMIT D-PUBLISH'S WARRANTY OR LIABILITY FOR LOSSES WHICH MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR BREACH OF IMPLIED TERMS, OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, ONLY THE LIMITATIONS WHICH ARE LAWFUL IN YOUR JURISDICTION WILL APPLY TO YOU AND OUR LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
10.2. YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND THAT THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE."
10.3. IN PARTICULAR, D-PUBLISH, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT TO YOU THAT:
(A) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS,
(B) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR FREE FROM ERROR,
(C) ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, AND
(D) THAT DEFECTS IN THE OPERATION OR FUNCTIONALITY OF ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS PART OF THE SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED.
10.4. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR OTHER DEVICE OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
10.5. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM D-PUBLISH OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS.
10.6. D-PUBLISH FURTHER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
11.1. SUBJECT TO OVERALL PROVISION IN PARAGRAPH 10.1 ABOVE, YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT D-PUBLISH, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR:
(A) ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, HOWEVER CAUSED AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY.. THIS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ANY LOSS OF PROFIT (WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY), ANY LOSS OF GOODWILL OR BUSINESS REPUTATION, ANY LOSS OF DATA SUFFERED, COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSS;
(B) ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF:
(I) ANY RELIANCE PLACED BY YOU ON THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY OR EXISTENCE OF ANY ADVERTISING, OR AS A RESULT OF ANY RELATIONSHIP OR TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY ADVERTISER OR SPONSOR WHOSE ADVERTISING APPEARS ON THE SERVICES;
(II) ANY CHANGES WHICH D-PUBLISH MAY MAKE TO THE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY CESSATION IN THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICES (OR ANY FEATURES WITHIN THE SERVICES);
(III) THE DELETION OF, CORRUPTION OF, OR FAILURE TO STORE, ANY CONTENT AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DATA MAINTAINED OR TRANSMITTED BY OR THROUGH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES;
(IV) YOUR FAILURE TO PROVIDE D-PUBLISH WITH ACCURATE ACCOUNT INFORMATION;
(V) YOUR FAILURE TO KEEP YOUR PASSWORD OR ACCOUNT DETAILS SECURE AND CONFIDENTIAL;
11.2. THE LIMITATIONS ON D-PUBLISH'S LIABILITY TO YOU IN PARAGRAPH 11.1 ABOVE SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT D-PUBLISH HAS BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH LOSSES ARISING.
12. Copyright and trade mark policies
12.1. It is D-Publish's policy to respond to notices of alleged copyright and trade mark infringement that comply with applicable international intellectual property law (including, in the United States, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act) and to terminating the accounts of repeat infringers.
13. Advertisements
13.1. Some of the Services are supported by advertising revenue and may display advertisements and promotions. These advertisements may be targeted to the content of information stored on the Services, queries made through the Services or other information.
13.2. The manner, mode and extent of advertising by D-Publish on the Services are subject to change without specific notice to you.
13.3. In consideration for D-Publish granting you access to and use of the Services, you agree that D-Publish may place such advertising on the Services.
14. Changes to the Terms
14.1. D-Publish may make changes to the Terms from time to time. When these changes are made, D-Publish will make a new copy of the Universal Terms available at D-Publish website.
14.2. You understand and agree that if you use the Services after the date on which the Terms have changed, D-Publish will treat your use as acceptance of the updated Terms.
15. General legal terms
15.1. The Terms constitute the whole legal agreement between you and D-Publish and govern your use of the Services (but excluding any services which D-Publish may provide to you under a separate written agreement), and completely replace any prior agreements between you and D-Publish in relation to the Services.
15.2. You agree that D-Publish may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms, by email, regular mail, or postings on the Services.
15.3. You agree that if D-Publish does not exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy which is contained in the Terms (or which D-Publish has the benefit of under any applicable law), this will not be taken to be a formal waiver of D-Publish's rights and that those rights or remedies will still be available to D-Publish.
15.4. If any court of law, having the jurisdiction to decide on this matter, rules that any provision of these Terms is invalid, then that provision will be removed from the Terms without affecting the rest of the Terms. The remaining provisions of the Terms will continue to be valid and enforceable.
15.5. You acknowledge and agree that each member of the group of companies of which D-Publish is the parent shall be third party beneficiaries to the Terms and that such other companies shall be entitled to directly enforce, and rely upon, any provision of the Terms which confers a benefit on (or rights in favor of) them. Other than this, no other person or company shall be third party beneficiaries to the Terms.