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1. Personal Uses Permitted.

No material from Reading Universe or any website owned, operated, licensed, or controlled by WETA 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 home 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, WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF WETA, is a violation of WETA's copyright and other proprietary rights. For purposes of this Agreement, the use of any such material on any other website or networked computer environment is prohibited. All trademarks, service marks, and trade names are proprietary to the Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc.

2. User's Obligation to Abide By Applicable Law.

In connection with the use of Reading Universe, you shall abide by all applicable federal, state, or local laws, including those to such areas as libel, slander, defamation, trade libel, product disparagement, harassment, invasion of privacy, tort, obscenity, indecency, and copyright or trademark infringement ("Applicable Law"). The Information available on Reading Universe may include intellectual property that is protected under the copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws of the United States and/or other countries ("Intellectual Property Laws"). Such Intellectual Property Laws generally prohibit the unauthorized reproduction, distribution or exhibition of all text, photographic and graphic (art and electronic) images, music, sound samplings and other protected materials. The violation of applicable Intellectual Property Laws may give rise to civil and/or criminal penalties.

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You are cautioned that any online communications may not be fully confidential. In addition, you should be aware that federal postal regulations do not protect electronic mail. You should be aware that some administrative personnel of Reading Universe may, in the course of their regular duties, have access to communications for technical or operational purposes. Reading Universe may also disclose any communications to the extent permitted or required by law. 

4. Prohibition Against Rogue Programming.

You shall not post, transmit, or make available in any way through Reading Universe any software or other materials which contain a computer virus, trojan horse, timebomb, worm, or other rogue programming ("Rogue Programming"). Reading Universe has no obligation to detect the presence of any Rogue Programming. Any downloading of software or other materials or any other use of the Information on Reading Universe is at your risk, and you are advised to take adequate precautions to minimize any loss to your system caused by Rogue Programming, including use of anti-virus programs and proper backup of files.

5. Content of Information.

You are responsible for the content of any Information you put on Reading Universe. WETA has no obligation to, and does not in the normal course, monitor or control any Information that is or becomes available on Reading Universe. WETA reserves the right to review any Information that is or becomes available on Reading Universe. WETA reserves the right to refuse to post or to remove any Information that is, in WETA's sole discretion, unacceptable, undesirable or in violation of these rules. However, WETA has no obligation to exercise such reservation of rights by WETA.

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UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, SHALL WETA BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT MAY RESULT FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE READING UNIVERSE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION USE OF OR RELIANCE ON INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON READING UNIVERSE, INTERRUPTIONS, ERRORS, DEFECTS, MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, DELETIONS OF FILES, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, NONDELIVERY OF INFORMATION, DISCLOSURE OF COMMUNICATIONS, OR ANY OTHER FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE.

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