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Resource User Agreement

Resource User Agreement

THIS RESOURCE USER AGREEMENT SETS OUT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH YOU ARE GRANTED A LIMITED RIGHT AND LICENSE TO DOWNLOAD, ACCESS AND USE INFORMATION, MATERIALS, DOCUMENTS OR OTHER RESOURCES FOUND ON THE CRITICAL LINK INTERNATIONAL WEBSITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THROUGH THE CRITICAL LINK INTERNATIONAL KNOWLEDGELINKIC PROJECT.  THIS IS A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND CRITICAL LINK INTERNATIONAL.

Welcome to the KnowledgeLinkIC (“KLIC”) Project

Critical Link International (“CLI”) makes information, materials, documents or other resources (the “Resources”) available for personal use by its members in the field of community interpreting in an effort to advance the profession.  CLI acts as a repository for these materials, which are authored and owned by third parties, and where CLI acts as host, bulletin board or a conduit for submitted Resources only. CLI IS A LICENSEE OF THE RESOURCES ONLY AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY ISSUES CONCERNING CONTENT OF ANY OF THE RESOURCES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WITH RESPECT TO ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS.

CLI may also make available CLI developed or owned works or materials on its website or otherwise from time to time (the “CLI Materials”), this use of same shall also be governed by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Authorized Users

Access to and use of the Resources (as well as any CLI Materials made available through the members-only portal on the CLI website) is strictly restricted to registered members of CLI.  The rights granted under this Resource User Agreement are non-transferable, and apply to all Resources and CLI Materials, including without limitation whether viewed on the CLI website, downloaded, printed or otherwise.

Authorized users will be required to establish user names and passwords to set up their member accounts (which accounts and required information may vary based on the CLI classes of membership).  Member accounts are non-transferable and are intended for direct use by the registered member. User names and passwords must be kept confidential by all authorized users and are prohibited from being shared with third parties.  YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION, AND REMAIN RESPONSIBLE AND LIABLE FOR ALL USES MADE OF YOUR MEMBERSHIP ACCOUNT AND THE USES OF YOUR USER NAME AND PASSWORD, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY USES, DOWNLOADING OR DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES AND/OR CLI MATERIALS.  IF YOU FEEL AT ANY TIME THAT YOUR USER NAME OR PASSWORD HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO IMMEDIATELY CONTACT CLI TO REQUEST THAT YOUR ACCOUNT BE TERMINATED AND THAT YOUR USER NAME AND PASSWORD BE RESET.

Permitted Uses of the Resources and CLI Materials

Authorized users are hereby granted a limited license to search, view, reproduce, display (for personal use), download, print, and use the Resources and the CLI Materials for their personal and non-commercial use, for education purposes only, and/or for reference in connection with research activities such as the preparation of research papers, dissertations or other such similar scholarly pursuits.

The terms of this Agreement shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement and shall continue to apply to all Resources and CLI Materials downloaded and/or printed by an authorized user even if the license granted should later terminate or expire for any reason.

Prohibited Uses of the Content

You agree that as an authorized user, you may not:

(a) use or authorize the use of the CLI website, the Resources or the CLI Materials for commercial purposes or gains,

(b) provide, authorize or otherwise allow non-authorized users to access or use in any manner the Resources or the CLI Materials;

(c) attempt to compromise the CLI electronic systems (software, encryption or otherwise) that make the Resources and CLI Materials available for authorized user use only;

(d) use or undertake coordinated or systematic activity (including without limitation through the use of computer programs or otherwise) to download and/or distribute a significant portion of the Resources or the CLI materials in a manner that may negatively affect the CLI website or its systems;

(e) make any use, display, performance, reproduction or distribution of the Resources and the CLI Materials  that violates the terms of this Agreement;

(f) modify, obscure, or remove any copyright notice or other attribution included in the Resources and/or the CLI Materials;

(g) incorporate any Resources and/or CLI Materials into any unrestricted databases or websites where they may be accessed or viewed by third parties;

(h) download or reproduce the Resource and/or CLI Materials in bulk.

Unpermitted Uses

You hereby agree that, should you become aware of any unpermitted use of the Resources and/or the CLI Materials, or any known or suspected breach of security (including loss, theft or unauthorized disclosure of a username or password), you will immediately notify CLI of same.

and shall work cooperatively with CLI as reasonably necessary to allow such problems to be resolved.  

In the event of a violation of the terms of this Resource User Agreement, CLI may suspend or terminate an authorized user account or access to the Resources and/or CLI Materials.

Authorized User Comments or Posts

You agree that where, as an authorized user, you are entitled to submit materials and/or post comments on the CLI website, that you will not:

(a) publish materials that are the subject of third party rights (including copyright or other proprietary or intellectual property rights);

(b) are explicit, libelous, defamatory, obscene, hateful, abusive or invasive of third party privacy rights;

(c) contain a virus, spyware or other harmful components;

(d) contain any advertising or marketing of any kind, or provide false or misleading information.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT ANY MATERIALS OR COMMENTS SUBMITTED BY YOU IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESOURCES OR THE CLI MATERIALS MAY BE EDITED, MODIFIED, REMOVED, AND/OR PUBLISHED BY CLI WITHOUT NOTICE.

Intellectual Property Rights

(a) Resources.  The Resources remain the property of the submitting party; CLI does not acquire any ownership interest of such Resources made available on its website.  CLI SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO HAVE ENDORSED ANY RESOURCE, NOR MADE ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY CONCERNING THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY SUCH INFORMATION PROVIDED THEREIN SIMPLY BY VIRTUE OF THE RESOURCE BEING MADE AVAILABLE ON THE CLI WEBSITE OR THROUGH CLI IN ANY FASHION.  CLI ACTS AS A RECEPTACLE OF SUCH RESOURCES ONLY – ANY CHALLENGES CONCERNING THE RESOURCES THEMSELVES OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY CONTENT OR THIRD PARTY INTERESTS MUST BE DEALT WITH DIRECTLY WITH THE RESOURCE RIGHTS HOLDER.

(b) General.  The CLI website and the CLI Materials, including without limitation the KLIC Project, may contain trade-marks, issued patents, patent applications, copyrights and copyright registrations and/or applications, rights in ideas, designs, works of authorship, derivative works and all other intellectual property rights, that are proprietary to CLI.  You agree that you will not interfere with same.

You may not use the name of CLI or any of its trade-marks without the prior written consent of CLI.

Warranties and Disclaimers

You recognize that CLI is an aggregator of third party content only, and is not the creator of the Resources.  CLI WILL NOT BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DEMANDS, CLAIMS, LOSS, COSTS, INJURY, LIABILITY, DAMAGES, FEES (INCLUDING LEGAL FEES AND COSTS), OF ANY KIND OR NATURE, ARISING FOR THE RESOURCES OR THEIR USE BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES, NOR WITH RESPECT TO ANY VIOLATION OF ANY THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR INTERESTS RELATED THERETO.  THE CLI WEBSITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, AND CLI DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND (EXPRESS, IMPLIED, ORAL OR IN WRITING) RELATED TO CLI, THE RESOURCES, THE CLI MATERIALS OR THE WEBSITE AND ITS USE BY THIRD PARTIES. CLI EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY OBLIGATION THAT THE WEBSITE, THE RESOURCES AND THE CLI MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE OR BE ACCURATE OR ERROR-FREE.  WHILE WE TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT THE SECURITY OF OUR WEBSITE AND INFORMATION, THE INTERNET HAS INHERENT RISK, USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE HARM THAT MAY BE CAUSED BY THE TRANSMISSION OF A COMPUTER VIRUS, WORM, TIME BOMB, LOGIC BOMB OR OTHERWISE.

Reservation of Rights

CLI reserves the right to remove or otherwise not make available any Resources or CLI Material in its discretion at any time and without notice.

Privacy Policy

The CLI Privacy Policy is incorporated by reference into this Agreement, and your acceptance of the terms of this Agreement constitutes acceptance of the terms of the CLI Privacy Policy.  Please note that the CLI Privacy Policy may be adjusted on notice (provided on our website) from time to time – you continued use of the CLI website constitutes your acceptance of the Privacy Policy including as updated from time to time.  It is your obligation as a user to review the website and the updated terms on a regular basis.

Force Majeure

CLI is not responsible or liable for failures or delays beyond its reasonable control.

General

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.  The parties agree that this Agreement is deemed to be made and carried out in the Province of Manitoba, Canada, and the parties agree that this Agreement shall be interpreted according to the laws of the Province of Manitoba and Canada applicable hereto.  The parties irrevocably attorn to the jurisdiction of the Courts of the Province of Manitoba with respect to any dispute related to this Agreement. This Agreement is not assignable by you, and may not be varied without the consent of both parties in writing.  

Capacity and Authority

You acknowledge and agree that you have full capacity and authority to enter into this Agreement.

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