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Intellectual Property<\/h2>\n

All of the content featured or displayed on or through the Services, including without limitation text, graphics, photographs, still images, moving images, videos, sound, illustrations, and software (collectively, \u201cContent\u201d), is owned by Venus Selenite, its licensors, vendors, agents, and\/or content providers, as applicable. All elements of the Services, including without limitation the general design and the Content, are protected by trade dress, copyright, moral rights, trademark and other laws relating to intellectual property rights. Venus Selenite reserves the right to track the usage of Content.<\/p>\n

You may access copyrighted material available on the Services for your personal use only. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law, no copying, downloading, redistribution, retransmission, publication or commercial exploitation of any Content, in whole or in part, is permitted without the express permission of Venus Selenite and\/or the copyright owner. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution or publication of copyrighted material, no changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademark legend or copyright notice shall be made. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material.<\/p>\n

In using Content in accordance with this Agreement, you may not (a) state or imply that Venus Selenite is endorsing you, your viewpoints or any of the products or services that you or your organization may provide, or (b) represent that you or your organization has a relationship with Venus Selenite or any of the events, products or services that Venus Selenite provides unless that relationship is the subject of a written agreement between you and Venus Selenite.<\/p>\n

You will not access any Content from the Services through any technology or means other than the web pages for the Services, the Embeddable Player (as defined below), the Widgets (as defined below) or such other explicitly authorized means as the Venus Selenite may designate.<\/p>\n

All trademarks, service marks and trade names of Venus Selenite or third-parties used in the Services (including, but not limited to, \u201cVenus Selenite\u201d, \u201cVenus Selenite\u201d magazine; the Pegasus logo, and the Venus Selenite grid logo (collectively, the \u201cMarks\u201d)) are trademarks or registered trademarks of Venus Selenite or its licensors, vendors or content providers, as applicable. You may not use, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, distribute or modify the Marks in any way, including in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of materials on the Services, without Venus Selenite\u2019s prior written consent. The use of the Marks on any other website or network computer environment is not allowed.<\/p>\n

User Submissions<\/h2>\n

The Services may now or in the future permit the submission and posting or linking of media, text, audio and video recordings, photos, survey responses, commentary or any other content submitted by you and other users (\u201cUser Submissions\u201d). You understand that whether or not such User Submissions are published, Venus Selenite does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any User Submissions.<\/p>\n

By submitting User Submissions through the Services, you hereby grant Venus Selenite and its affiliates and partner organizations a worldwide, non-exclusive, fully paid-up, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable license, with the right to grant and authorize sublicenses, to use, reproduce, distribute, modify, adapt, prepare derivative works of, display and publicly perform the User Submissions in connection with the Services or by Venus Selenite for any purpose, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Services (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels now known or hereafter discovered. You grant Venus Selenite and its affiliates and partner organizations the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such User Submission if they choose. You also agree to irrevocably waive any claims and assertions of moral rights or attribution with respect to your User Submissions. You also hereby grant to each user of the Services a non-exclusive license to access your User Submissions through the Services, and to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform such User Submissions as permitted by the functionality of the Services and these Terms.<\/p>\n

You are solely responsible for your own User Submissions and the consequences of posting or publishing them. In connection with User Submissions, you represent and warrant that: (a) you own, or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions in the User Submissions, to authorize Venus Selenite to use the User Submissions and grant the rights in this section; and (b) your User Submissions and the use of your User Submissions by Venus Selenite, its affiliates, partner organizations and successors, does not and will not (i) infringe or violate the rights of any third party (including any intellectual property rights), (ii) slander, defame or libel, or invade the right of privacy, publicity or other property rights of any person, or (iii) violate any applicable law or regulation.<\/p>\n

Services \u2013 Creating a User Account<\/h2>\n

Some of the Services may require or allow you to create\/receive a password and account designation. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any such password, account, and information displayed in the account profile. You are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account. If you allow third parties to access the Services through your username and password, you will defend and indemnify Venus Selenite and its employees, agents, affiliates, partner organizations, successors and assigns from and against any liability, costs or damages arising out of claims or suits based upon or relating to such access and use. You agree to immediately notify Venus Selenite of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security related to the Services of which you are aware.<\/p>\n

Unlawful or Prohibited Use<\/h2>\n

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 or is otherwise prohibited under applicable law. You may not use the Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Services or interfere with any other party\u2019s use and enjoyment of the Services. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any Services.<\/p>\n

You agree not to circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Sites or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content or enforce limitations on use of the Services or the Content therein.<\/p>\n

You agree that you will not use any bot, crawler, harvester, indexer, robot, spider, scraper or any other automated means to access, compile, read or gather content from the Services automatically.<\/p>\n

Additionally, you agree that you will not: (a) take any action that, in our sole discretion, imposes, or may impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure; (b) interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the website or any activities conducted on the Services; or (c) bypass any measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Services.<\/p>\n

Links<\/h2>\n

Links to Third Party Websites.\u00a0<\/em>From time to time, the Services may contain links to other websites that are not owned, operated or controlled by Venus Selenite. All such links are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave the Services (or website) containing the link. We are not responsible for any content, materials or other information located on or accessible from any other website, including, but not limited to, any content that violates restrictions applicable to Venus Selenite. We also are not responsible for any products or services that you buy from third party websites or any donations made through those websites.<\/p>\n

Venus Selenite does not endorse, guarantee or make any representations or warranties regarding any other websites, or any content, materials or other information located or accessible from any other websites, or the products or services that you may obtain from using any other websites or how any donations you make through such websites will be used. If you decide to access any other websites linked to or from the Services, you do so entirely at your own risk.<\/p>\n

Links to Venus Selenite Services. <\/em>By creating a link to any portion of the Services, you agree to be bound by the following terms. Your compliance with these terms, as the same may be revised from time to time in Venus Selenite\u2019s sole discretion, is a prerequisite to your continued right to link to the Services:<\/p>\n