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THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBES
THE TERMS ON WHICH BYTE SIZE TOOLS, LLC, and its d.b.a.
"PathLight" (COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO
HEREINAFTER AS," PATHLIGHT") OFFERS YOU ACCESS
TO OUR SERVICES.
Welcome to PathLight's User Agreement. PathLight
provides its application software and related services
to a control entity ("Master User") through
a master licensing agreement who, in turn, is entitled
to grant such use of PathLight to additional sub-user
licensees ("Secondary Users") (collectively
referred to as, " User Group". For the purpose
of this Agreement the terms "user," "user's,"
"you," "your" and "yours"
applies to each Group User, individually and collectively
and is used interchangeably to describe each of the
Master User and Secondary User of PathLight under this
Agreement. Only the Master User is required to be of
legal age to contract with PathLight. Each Secondary
User must indicate an acceptance of the terms of this
Agreement in order to use PathLight.
This Agreement describes the terms and conditions applicable
to your use of our services at http://www.mypathlight.com/
and our general principles of our marketing alliances,
partners and affiliates. PathLight offers you a wide
variety of online products and services, including general
and personalized content, communication tools and forums,
and online and downloadable applications (the "Service")
on the following terms. By using the Service in any
way you are agreeing to comply with these terms, which
we may update without notice and encourage you to check
out here at any time. You must be at least 18 years
old and competent to enter into a contract to use the
Service. Unless we expressly note otherwise, these terms
incorporate and supersede any other terms associated
with the files and applications available on the domain
www.mypathlight.com,
its sub-domains, and any international counterparts
and sub-domains, as well as affiliated domains and sub-domains
operated by Byte Size Tools, LLC, or PathLight ("PathLight",
"we", or "us").
We may amend this Agreement at any time by posting the
amended terms on our site. Except as stated below, all
amended terms shall automatically be effective 30 days
after they are initially posted on our site. This Agreement
may not be otherwise amended except in a writing signed
by you and PathLight. This agreement is effective on
October 1, 2001.
You will not use the Service to distribute, link to,
or solicit content that:
· is unlawful, harmful to minors, threatening,
harassing, abusive, defamatory, vulgar, gratuitously
violent, obscene, pornographic, libelous, invasive of
another's privacy, or racially, ethnically or otherwise
offensive;
· includes personally identifiable information
about children;
· infringes someone else's intellectual property
or other rights;
· advocates or solicits violence or other criminal
conduct;
· violates any law, regulation, or contract;
· You will comply with all applicable laws and
regulations regarding online conduct and content. You
will not use the Service to collect, store, or use information
about others for the purpose of sending unsolicited
or unauthorized communications. Except as we specifically
authorize (via license or otherwise), you will not reproduce,
distribute, or commercially exploit any part of the
Service.
Membership Eligibility
Our services are available only to individuals who can
form legally binding contracts under applicable law.
Without limiting the foregoing, our services are not
available to minors or to temporarily or indefinitely
suspended PathLight members. If you do not qualify,
please do not use our services. Further, your PathLight
account (including feedback) and User Id may not be
transferred or sold to another party.
Accurate Information
You will provide accurate and current information ("Your
Information") on all registration forms on the
Service. You will not impersonate any person or entity,
misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
or misrepresent the origin of any content distributed
through the Service. Your Information (or any items
listed): (a) shall not be false, inaccurate or misleading;
(b) shall not be fraudulent; (c) shall not infringe
any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade
secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity
or privacy; (d) shall not violate any law, statute,
ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited
to, those governing export control, consumer protection,
unfair competition, antidiscrimination or false advertising);
(e) shall not be defamatory, trade libelous, unlawfully
threatening or unlawfully harassing; (f) shall not be
obscene or contain child pornography (g) shall not contain
any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots,
easter eggs or other computer programming routines that
may damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously
intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal
information; (h) shall not create liability for us or
cause us to lose (in whole or in part) the services
of our ISPs or other suppliers; and (i) You warrant
that you are legally authorized to make any billing
arrangements with any credit card or other debt instrument
provided by You to PathLight.
Solely to enable PathLight to use the information you
supply us with, so that we are not violating any rights
you might have in that information, you agree to grant
us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable,
royalty-free, sublicensable (through multiple tiers)
right to exercise the copyright, publicity, and database
rights (but no other rights) you have in Your Information,
in any media now known or not currently known, with
respect to Your Information. PathLight will only use
Your Information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Privacy
We take your privacy seriously. Please view our comprehensive
privacy policy. When you enter into transactions with
or provide information to other companies providing
content to the Service, you will be subject to their
privacy policies.
Security / No Disruption
You are responsible for all activities that occur under
your password or account, and will keep your password(s)
confidential. You will immediately notify us of any
unauthorized use of your password or account or any
other breach of security. You will not disrupt the functioning
of the Service, solicit another user's password, or
otherwise act in a way that interferes with other users'
use of the Service. Nor may you post or distribute any
computer program that damages, detrimentally interferes
with, surreptitiously intercepts, or expropriates any
system, data, or personal information.
PathLight Application Software
The Service and any software it incorporates or downloads
to you ("Software") contain proprietary and
confidential information that is protected by applicable
intellectual property and other laws. Except as expressly
authorized by us or the owner of such proprietary information,
you will not modify, sell, or distribute works based
on the Service or the Software.
Unless you are receiving the software pursuant to another
license from PathLight in which case the specific provisions
of that license exclusively apply, we grant you a personal,
non-transferable, and non-exclusive license to use the
code version of the Software on multiple computers,
provided that you do not (and do not allow any third
party to) copy, modify, reverse engineer, assign or
otherwise transfer any right in the Software; and you
will not modify the Software or access the Service by
any means other than the one we provide.
Except as otherwise specifically noted in a license
agreement, we provide no assistance other than the support
information available on our website, or through
our Customer Service Center at 1-800-540-PATH.
Dealings With Advertisers
A number of other companies may from time to time supply
content to the Service and may make offers available
to you. You deal with and enter into transactions with
advertisers on or suppliers of content to the Service
at your own risk. While the PathLight trademark will
appear on all pages available via the Service to let
you know that you are still within PathLight, we are
not a party to any such transactions and are not liable
for any claims or damages that may result from them.
Links to Third-Party Sites
We or third-party providers of content may provide links
to other World Wide Web sites or resources. We do not
control these sites and resources, do not endorse them,
and are not responsible for their availability, content,
or delivery of services.
Links to The Service
If you wish to link from your website to the Homepage
of PathLight, please visit the PathLight
Now Affiliate Program. You are granted a limited,
non-exclusive license to create a hypertext link to
other parts of the Service, provided that the link does
not portray the Service, PathLight, or PathLight's affiliates
in a false, misleading, or defamatory way. We may revoke
this license at any time. You will not frame any aspect
of the Service or any PathLight or PathLight's affiliates
content or trademark.
Indemnity
You will indemnify Byte Size Tools, LLC, PathLight,
and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents,
and employees against any claim or demand, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, related to content you distribute
via the Service or your use of or conduct on the Service.
Disclaimer / Limitation of Liability
PathLight does not warrant that the information contained
in its Service nor distributed from its site will be
uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected,
nor that this site or the server that makes it available
are free of viruses or other harmful components. By
using this Service, You, not PathLight, or its principals,
agents, associates, consultants, strategic partners,
affiliates, marketing alliances or employees, assume
the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair or
correction of your computer hardware, software, or databanks.
WHILE WE USE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO
INCLUDE ACCURATE AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON THE SERVICE,
WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS AS TO THE ACCURACY, QUALITY,
TIMELINESS, AVAILABILITY, OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INFORMATION,
SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, OR OTHER MATERIALS AVAILABLE THROUGH
THE SERVICE, AND YOU SHOULD NOT RELY UPON THEM.. YOU
USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND PATHLIGHT, ITS EMPLOYEES,
DISTRIBUTORS, DIRECTORS, AND AGENTS ARE NOT LIABLE FOR
ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ITS CONTENT OR DELIVERY,
OR FOR ANY FORM OF LOSS OR DAMAGE (INCLUDING ANY CONSEQUENTIAL,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES,
EVEN IF KNOWN TO US) THAT MAY RESULT FROM ITS USE. WE
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. NO WARRANTY NOT SET FORTH IN THIS
AGREEMENT WILL BE VALID. IF ANY OF THE ABOVE PROVISIONS
ARE VOID UNDER GOVERNING LAW, OUR LIABILITY SHALL BE
LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
Redistribution of material/information, news and reports
nor any information provided by PathLight through its
Service on its website (http:/www.mypathlight.com)
site or any affiliated site provided by PathLight, or
any of our members, associates, consultants, affiliates,
strategic partners or marketing alliances is strictly
prohibited. You agree by accessing using the PathLight
service and/or by accessing this site or any affiliated
site that any redistribution or duplication of the material/information,
news and/or reports provided by PathLight, or any of
our members, associates, consultants, affiliates, marketing
alliances, strategic partners or employees, except as
provided under the terms of this Master Use Agreement,
would cause irreparable damage to PathLight, its members,
associates, consultants, affiliates, marketing alliances,
strategic partners and/or employees, individually and
collectively, their existing or proposed partners; corporations;
limited liability companies; consultants; strategic
alliances; proposed corporation or proposed limited
liability company; representatives and, agents. You
agree that in the event of such redistribution and/or
duplication that money damages would not be a sufficient
remedy for any breach of this Master Use Agreement by
You, or your directors, officers, employees, or agents,
and that PathLight, and if the case may be, its members,
associates, consultants, affiliates, marketing alliances,
strategic partners or employee, shall be entitled to
specific performance and/or injunctive relief as remedy
for any such breach but shall be in addition to all
other remedies at law or in equity. You further agree
that no failure or delay in exercising any right, power
or privilege under this Master Use Notice shall operate
as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial
exercise thereof preclude any other of further exercise
of any right, power, or privilege under this Master
Use Agreement.
All information, Material, Service, information, news
and reports provided by PathLight, PathLight, and Byte
Size Tools, their logos and their respective products,
trade names and service names, as well as any webcasting,
digitized webcasting capabilities and technologies,
along with all marketing concepts and strategies developed
by PathLight, its affiliates, consultants, marketing
alliances, employees or strategic partners, as well
as Internet audio and video casting, satellite transmission,
uplinking, downlinking, and other techniques provided
by PathLight or its associates, affiliates, consultants,
marketing alliances, strategic partners or employees,
except where such are in the public domain, have been
or are in the process of being copyrighted and/or trademarked
as of the date of this Master Use Agreement and are,
collectively and individually, the business and trade
secrets of PathLight, or, as the case may be, its principals,
agents, associates, consultants, marketing alliances
or strategic partners and are protected under law.
Notices
Notices to you may be made via email you provide to
PathLight during your registration, regular mail, notices
posted on the Service, or changes to this Agreement.
Except as explicitly stated otherwise, any notices shall
be given by postal mail to PathLight. Attn: Legal Department
787 E. Hickory Hill Road, Argyle, Texas 76226 Notice
shall be deemed given 24 hours after email is sent,
unless the sending party is notified that the email
address is invalid. Alternatively, we may give you notice
by certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt
requested, to the address provided to PathLight during
the registration process. In such case, notice shall
be deemed given 3 days after the date of mailing.
Trademark Information
Our trademarks identify our products and services. You
may make fair use of our trademarks in advertising and
promotional materials, and in referring to our products
and services (for example, in a magazine article) without
our permission, provided you follow standard trademark
usage practices and provide proper attribution. Other
uses require our written permission. Please make such
requests by email to mailto: permission@pathlight.com.
All information, Material, Service, information, news
and reports provided by PathLight, PathLight, and Byte
Size Tools, their logos and their respective products,
trade names and service names, as well as any webcasting,
digitized webcasting capabilities and technologies,
along with all marketing concepts and strategies developed
by PathLight, its affiliates, consultants, marketing
alliances, employees or strategic partners, as well
as any Internet audio and video casting, satellite transmission,
uplinking, downlinking, and other techniques provided
by PathLight or its associates, affiliates, consultants,
marketing alliances, strategic partners or employees,
except where such are in the public domain, have been
or are in the process of being copyrighted and/or trademarked
as of the date of this Master Use Agreement and are,
collectively and individually, the business and trade
secrets of PathLight, or, as the case may be, its principals,
agents, associates, consultants, marketing alliances
or strategic partners and are protected under law.
You may never use our trademarks in the following ways:
· In a non-PathLight product name or publication
title.
· In, as, or as part of your own trademarks.
· To identify products or services that are not
PathLight's.
· To cause confusion.
· To suggest inaccurately that we sponsor, endorse,
or are otherwise connected with your activities, products,
or services.
· To disparage PathLight.
· In any other manner that PathLight or its users
find offensive.
When you use our trademarks, please include the following
attribution:
"PathLight and the Byte Size Tools, LLC logos are
now or are pending registered trademarks of Byte Size
Tools, LLC in the U.S. and other countries. [List other
PathLight/Byte Size Tools product names used in your
document] are also trademarks of Byte Size Tool, LLC
and may be registered outside the U.S."
Except as noted above, you may not use, copy, or redistribute
Byte Size Tools, LLC without written or electronic permission
from Byte Size Tools or PathLight respectively. If you
do not have a pre-existing agreement with Byte Size
Tools, LLC or PathLight, you may request permission
for logo use, but such permission is granted only infrequently.
Send your request for permission to use a PathLight
logo to permissions@pathlight.com, with "PathLight
Logo Request" in the subject line. Please include
a description of your company, which logo you want to
use, why and how you want to use it, and a mockup showing
the proposed use.
Copyright Information
We own intellectual property rights to the content on
the Service and its design, structure, and compilation
(sometimes known as "look and feel"). It is
very easy to copy things in cyberspace, but not necessarily
always acceptable or legal. You must have the legal
right to any content you upload or download using the
Service.
Unless otherwise noted, you may view, copy, download,
and print PathLight documents from the Service so long
as you use them only for personal, non-commercial purposes
and do not post, distribute, or modify them or remove
any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices.
For permission to use third-party materials appearing
on the Service, please contact the copyright owner.
To use screenshots of websites displayed within the
PathLight Homepage as an illustration or background
You must include a copyright attribution statement and
not alter the Homepage frame, use an outdated Homepage
version, suggest that PathLight has endorsed your work,
or use the frame in an offensive fashion. If you wish
to use the PathLight homepage in a different context,
please send email to permissions@pathlight.com,
with the words "PathLight Permission Request"
in the subject line, including the following information:
· The PathLight content you wish to use and its
URL.
· Where and how will it be used (for example,
in an Internet use manual, in a newsletter, in a movie).
· Where, how, and to what audience copies will
be distributed.
· How many copies will be produced and distributed.
· When you intend to publish.
· Other non-PathLight materials that will be
associated with the PathLight content.
· Your name, title, company, address, email address,
and phone number.
· A mockup of the intended use (either as a file
attached to your email or by fax to (940-464-9105).
Claims of Copyright Infringement
If you believe that your work has been copied and is
accessible on the Service in a way that constitutes
copyright infringement, please email us at administrator@mypathlight.com
for instructions on how to contact us.
Privacy
We use third parties to verify and certify our privacy
principles. These organizations are dedicated to building
trust in the Internet by having member organizations
such as PathLight disclose information practices. Our
policy on privacy is held to high standards by these
independent third party organizations. Our current Privacy
Policy is available at http://mypathlight.com/help/legal/privacy.
General Terms/Member Account,
Password and Security
If a particular PathLight Site/Service 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 then will choose a password and an 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 PathLight immediately
of any unauthorized use of your account or any other
breach of security. PathLight 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 PathLight 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.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between
you and PathLight and governs your use of the Service,
superseding any prior agreements. Additional or different
terms and conditions may apply when you use affiliated
websites, third-party content, or third-party software.
Interpretations of the Agreement and determinations
that you have breached the Agreement will be made at
our reasonable discretion and based on facts known to
us. Any legal controversy or legal claim arising out
of or relating to this Agreement or our services, excluding
legal action taken by PathLight to collect our fees
and/or recover damages for, or obtain an injunction
relating to, the PathLight site operations, intellectual
property, and our services, shall be settled by binding
arbitration in accordance with the laws of the State
of Texas except for its conflict-of-law provisions govern
this Agreement and our relationship. You agree to submit
to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the state
and federal courts located in Texas for any claim or
dispute with PathLight or any of its subsidiaries, affiliates,
officers, agents, or employees. Venue and jurisdiction
shall lie in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. Our
failure to enforce any right under this Agreement will
not waive that right. If any provision of this Agreement
is invalid, the Agreement should be interpreted to affect
the intent of the parties, and the remaining provisions
will remain in effect. You must file any claim or suit
related to the Service within one year after it arises.
Any such controversy or claim shall be litigated on
an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in
any cause of action with any claim or controversy of
any other party. The cause of action or, as the case
may, request for injunctive relive shall be conducted
in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, and judgment on
the final award may be entered into any court having
jurisdiction thereof. Either you or PathLight may seek
any interim or preliminary relief from a court of competent
jurisdiction in Fort Worth, Texas necessary to protect
the rights or property of you or PathLight pending the
completion of the cause of action or claim, as the case
may be. Should either party file an action contrary
to this provision, the other party may recover all reasonable
attorneys fees and costs related in defense to such
claim or proceedings related thereto.
The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience
only and have no substantive effect.
Privacy and Protection of Personal
Information Given to PathLight
See the Privacy Statement at http://mypathlight.com/help/legal/privacy
for disclosures relating to the collection and use of
your information.
© 2001 Byte Size Tools, LLC. and PathLight are
or are now pending trademarks of Byte Size Tools, LLC.
All rights reserved.
Last Modified - 09/18/01
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