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collection and use of your information.
NOTICE SPECIFIC TO SOFTWARE AVAILABLE ON THIS WEB SITE.
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users of the Services. Use of the Software is governed by the terms of the end
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by law, and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will
be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible.
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STATUTORY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. FOR
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ITS SOFTWARE PRODUCTS, TOOLS AND UTILITIES FOR USE AND/OR DOWNLOAD. MICROSOFT
DOES NOT MAKE ANY ASSURANCES WITH REGARD TO THE ACCURACY OF THE RESULTS OR
OUTPUT THAT DERIVES FROM SUCH USE OF ANY SUCH TOOLS AND UTILITIES. PLEASE
RESPECT THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF OTHERS WHEN USING THE TOOLS AND
UTILITIES MADE AVAILABLE ON THE SERVICES OR IN MICROSOFT SOFTWARE PRODUCTS.
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and/or instrumentalities ("U.S. Government"), is provided with Restricted
Rights. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government is subject to
restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical
Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.227-7013 or subparagraphs (c)(1)
and (2) of the Commercial Computer Software - Restricted Rights at 48 CFR
52.227-19, as applicable. Manufacturer is Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft
Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399.
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posted on any network computer or broadcast in any media, and (3) no
modifications of any Documents are made. Accredited educational institutions,
such as K-12, universities, private/public colleges, and state community
colleges, may download and reproduce the Documents for distribution in the
classroom. Distribution outside the classroom requires express written
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result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to
the maximum extent possible.
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CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
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OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE,
DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS
ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF
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CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF SOFTWARE, DOCUMENTS, PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO
PROVIDE SERVICES, OR INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM THE SERVICES.
MEMBER ACCOUNT,PASSWORD, AND SECURITY. If any of the Services
requires you to open an account, you must complete the registration process by
providing us with current, complete and accurate information as prompted by the
applicable registration form. You also will choose a password and a user name.
You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your
password and account. Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any and all
activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify Microsoft
immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of
security. Microsoft will not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a
result of someone else using your password or account, either with or without
your knowledge. However, you could be held liable for losses incurred by
Microsoft or another party due to someone else using your account or password.
You may not use anyone else's account at any time, without the permission of
the account holder.
NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE. As a condition of your use of
the Services, you will not use the Services for any purpose that is unlawful or
prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use the
Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair any
Microsoft server, or the network(s) connected to any Microsoft server, or
interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of any Services. You may not
attempt to gain unauthorized access to any Services, other accounts, computer
systems or networks connected to any Microsoft server or to any of the
Services, through hacking, password mining or any other means. You may not
obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not
intentionally made available through the Services.
USE OF SERVICES. The Services may contain bulletin board
services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, and/or other message or
communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with others
(each a "Communication Service" and collectively "Communication
Services"). You agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send
and receive messages and material that are proper and, when applicable, related
to the particular Communication Service. By way of example, and not as a
limitation, you agree that when using the Communication Services, you will not:
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Use the Communication Services in connection with surveys, contests, pyramid
schemes, chain letters, junk email, spamming or any duplicative or unsolicited
messages (commercial or otherwise).
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Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights
(such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
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Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane,
defamatory, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information.
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Upload, or otherwise make available, files that contain images, photographs,
software or other material protected by intellectual property laws, including,
by way of example, and not as limitation, copyright or trademark laws (or by
rights of privacy or publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or
have received all necessary consent to do the same.
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Use any material or information, including images or photographs, which are
made available through the Services in any manner that infringes any copyright,
trademark, patent, trade secret, or other proprietary right of any party.
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Upload files that contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs,
cancelbots, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may
damage the operation of another's computer or property of another.
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Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business
purpose, unless such Communication Services specifically allows such messages.
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Download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you
know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally reproduced, displayed,
performed, and/or distributed in such manner.
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Falsify or delete any copyright management information, such as author
attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or
labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a
file that is uploaded.
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Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication
Services.
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Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any
particular Communication Service.
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Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail
addresses.
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Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
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Create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others.
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Use, download or otherwise copy, or provide (whether or not for a fee) to a
person or entity any directory of users of the Services or other user or usage
information or any portion thereof.
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Microsoft does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to Microsoft
(including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any
Services or its associated services for review by the general public, or by the
members of any public or private community, (each a "Submission" and
collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading,
inputting, providing or submitting ("Posting") your Submission you
understand and agree that you’re giving a license under your intellectual
property rights to all authorized users, including the rights to download,
copy, modify, distribute and repost. In addition, you’re giving Microsoft all
the necessary rights to make your Submission(s) available on this site.
No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as
provided herein. Microsoft is under no obligation to post or use any Submission
you may provide and Microsoft may remove any Submission at any time in its sole
discretion.
By Posting a Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise
control all of the rights to your Submission as described in these Terms of Use
including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide,
post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.
In addition to the warranty and representation set forth above, by Posting a
Submission that contain images, photographs, pictures or that are otherwise
graphical in whole or in part ("Images"), you warrant and represent
that (a) you are the copyright owner of such Images, or that the copyright
owner of such Images has granted you permission to use such Images or any
content and/or images contained in such Images consistent with the manner and
purpose of your use and as otherwise permitted by these Terms of Use and the
Services, (b) you have the rights necessary to grant the licenses and
sublicenses described in these Terms of Use, and (c) that each person depicted
in such Images, if any, has provided consent to the use of the Images as set
forth in these Terms of Use, including, by way of example, and not as a
limitation, the distribution, public display and reproduction of such Images.
By Posting Images, you are granting (a) to all members of your private
community (for each such Images available to members of such private
community), and/or (b) to the general public (for each such Images available
anywhere on the Services, other than a private community), permission to use
your Images in connection with the use, as permitted by these Terms of Use, of
any of the Services, (including, by way of example, and not as a limitation,
making prints and gift items which include such Images), and including, without
limitation, a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free license to: copy,
distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit,
translate and reformat your Images without having your name attached to such
Images, and the right to sublicense such rights to any supplier of the
Services. The licenses granted in the preceding sentences for a Images will
terminate at the time you completely remove such Images from the Services,
provided that, such termination shall not affect any licenses granted in
connection with such Images prior to the time you completely remove such
Images. No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Images.
NOTICES AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.
Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), notifications of
claimed copyright infringement should be sent to Service Provider's Designated
Agent. ALL INQUIRIES NOT RELEVANT TO THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE WILL NOT RECEIVE A
RESPONSE. See Notice
and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement.
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