Legal Restrictions and Terms of Use Applicable to this Site
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PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE
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The following legal restrictions and terms of use apply to us and any other site owned and/or operated by or on behalf of Scholastic Inc. or any of its subsidiaries, that states that it is governed by these Terms of Use and/or links to these Terms of Use (the sites and entities collectively referred to herein as "us" and "Scholastic" and/or “we” respectively).
USE OF MATERIALS
This site is owned and operated by Scholastic Inc. and/or, in the case of certain features, its third party service providers, and unless otherwise indicated the contents of us are the property of Scholastic and are protected, without limitation, pursuant to U.S. and foreign copyright and trademark laws. No material from us may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, except that you may download one copy of the materials on any single computer for your personal non-commercial use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. Modification of the materials or use of the materials for any other purpose is a violation of Scholastic’s copyright, trademark, and trade secret rights and others’ proprietary rights. For purposes of this Agreement, the use of any such material on any other web site or networked computer environment is prohibited.
In the event you download software from the site, the software including any files, images incorporated in or generated by the software and data accompanying the Software (together, the "Software") are licensed to you by Scholastic. Scholastic does not transfer title to the Software to you. As between you and Scholastic, Scholastic retains full and complete right, title, and interest in and to the Software and all intellectual property rights therein. You may not redistribute, sell, decompile, reverse-engineer or disassemble the Software.
You hereby grant Scholastic and its agents and licensees a worldwide, royalty-free, fully-paid, perpetual, non-exclusive license to use, including without limitation the right to copy, publish, perform, display and distribute and/or adapt, any material you upload to, distribute through or post on us, including without limitation via message boards, chat rooms and/or blogs or any other features on us, in whole or in part, alone or in combination with other material, in any and all media, now known or hereafter devised.
USER CONDUCT
Derogatory, harmful or unlawful conduct is not permitted on us. Users are not permitted to upload to, distribute through, or otherwise publish through us any content which is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, illegal or otherwise objectionable that would constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights
of any party, or that would otherwise give rise to liability or violate any law. Unauthorized commercial messages and/or public announcements are not allowed on us. Unauthorized collection and/or use of email addresses via us is also not allowed.
Please be aware that generally, information you post on, upload to or distribute through a message board, chat room, blog or any similar feature will be accessible by other users of us. Please be sure that any such information is information that you are comfortable sharing with the public.
Users are solely responsible for the content of their messages including without limitation the content of Class Homepages created by teachers using the Class Homepage Builder, message board postings and/or comments made in chat rooms and/or any other features on us. Scholastic is not responsible for the content or accuracy of any information posted, uploaded or transmitted by users of us including without limitation the content of Class Homepages created by teachers using the Class Homepage Builder message board postings and/or comments made in chat rooms and/or any other features on us. You acknowledge that Scholastic may or may not pre-screen and/or monitor content posted on us, and that Scholastic shall have the right to remove, edit, move or close, in whole or in part, any thread or posting in any chat room and/or similar feature on us at any time for any reason, in Scholastic’s sole discretion.
You hereby agree to comply with all laws that apply or may apply to your use of or activities on us and any rules for conduct on us or use of specific features and/or services offered thereon that may be posted on us, whether in these terms of use or otherwise, from time to time.
NO PERSONAL ADVICE
Any informational materials provided on us, including without limitation the opinions and/or recommendations of any authors and/or moderators, are not intended to substitute for any professional educational, medical, legal, psychiatric, employment or other advice. Without limitation of the Disclaimer paragraphs set forth below, Scholastic makes no representations or warranties regarding, and expressly disclaims any and all liability concerning, any action by any person following the information offered or provided within or through us. If you have concerns or a situation in which you require professional advice, then you should consult with an appropriately qualified professional in the relevant field.