Terms of Use

As between you and PMC, excluding your Submitted Materials (as defined below), PMC or its licensors own, solely and exclusively, all rights, title and interest in and to the Services, including without limitation all the content (including, for example, audio, photographs, illustrations, graphics, other visuals, video, copy, text, software, titles and Shockwave files), code, data and materials thereon, the look and feel, design and organization of the Services, and the compilation of the content, code, data and materials on the Services, including but not limited to any copyrights, trademark rights, patent rights, database rights, moral rights, sui generis rights and other intellectual property and proprietary rights therein. Your use of the Services does not grant to you ownership of any content, code, data or materials you may access on or through the Services. For more information about this, see the PMC Data Policy which can be found here, and which is incorporated into these Terms of Use.

If you provide PMC any feedback or suggestions regarding the Services (“Feedback”), including without limitation ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques relating to the functionality or design of the Services, you hereby assign to PMC all rights in the Feedback and agree that PMC shall have the right to use such Feedback and related information in any manner it deems appropriate. PMC will treat any Feedback you provide to PMC as non-confidential and non-proprietary. You agree that you will not submit to PMC any feedback that you consider to be confidential or proprietary.

You may access and view the content on the Services on your computer or other devices and, unless otherwise indicated in these Terms of Use or on the Services, make single copies or prints of such content for your personal, internal use only. Use of the Services and the services offered on or through the Services are only for your personal, non-commercial use. Further, with respect to our subscriptions, each account is for a single user only. You are responsible for activity that occurs through your account. To maintain control over the account and prevent anyone from accessing the account (which could include information on viewing history for the account), you should maintain control over the devices that are used to access the service and not reveal the password or details of the payment method associated to the account to anyone. You are not allowed to share your account login credentials or give your login credentials to anyone else. we may cancel or suspend access to your account if in our sole determination it is being accessed by multiple users.

Any commercial or promotional distribution, publishing or exploitation of the Services is strictly prohibited unless you have received the express prior written permission from authorized personnel of PMC or the otherwise applicable rights holder. Other than as expressly allowed herein, you may not download, post, display, publish, copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, modify, perform, broadcast, transfer, create derivative works from, sell or otherwise exploit the Services. You further agree that you may not alter, edit, delete, remove, otherwise change the meaning or appearance of, or repurpose, any of the content, code, data, or other materials on or available through the Services, including, without limitation, the alteration or removal of any trademarks, trade names, logos, service marks, or any other proprietary content or proprietary rights notices. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading any copyrighted material from or through the Services. If you make other use of the Services, except as otherwise provided above, you may violate copyright and other laws of the United States and/or other countries, as well as applicable state laws and may be subject to liability for such unauthorized use. For web posting, reprint, transcript or licensing requests for PMC material, please send your request to the following: [email protected]

The trademarks, logos, service marks and trade names (collectively the “Marks”) displayed on the Services or on content available through the Services, are registered and unregistered trademarks or service marks of PMC and third parties. All Marks not owned by PMC that appear on the Services or on or through the Services’ services, if any, are the property of their respective owners. Nothing contained on the Services should be construed as granting, by implication or otherwise, any license or right to use any Mark displayed on the Services without the written permission of PMC or the third party that may own the applicable Mark. You are not permitted to use these Marks without our prior written consent or the consent of such third party which may own the Marks. Your misuse of the Marks displayed on the Services or on or through any of the Services’ services is strictly prohibited.

In the course of your use of the Services, you may be asked to register or otherwise provide certain personalized information to us and/or to create a username and password (such information referred to hereinafter as “Registration Information”). PMC’s information collection and use policies with respect to the privacy of such Registration Information are set forth in the Services’ Privacy Policy which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes (the “Privacy Policy”). You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for your Registration Information. You represent and warrant that (a) all required Registration Information you submit is truthful, accurate, complete and correct; and (b) you will maintain the accuracy and completeness of such information. You will be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and user name and for restricting access to your computer and information so others may not access our Services using your Registration Information. We will not be responsible for misuse of your Registration Information by any third party, whether authorized by you or not. You are responsible for all activities that occur under your Registration Information. You agree to immediately notify PMC of any unauthorized use, or suspected unauthorized use, of your Registration Information or any other breach of security. PMC cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with the above requirements.

You must meet any age, geographic or other eligibility requirements specified on the Services to subscribe to a magazine, publication or service that we offer, to order anything online, to participate in certain contests, games or sweepstakes, or to access or participate in certain services at or areas of our Services. By registering at those Services, or for those features or services, you represent that you comply with applicable restrictions. E-commerce areas may include additional restrictions on purchases, return policies, delivery schedules, and the like, depending on individual Services and vendor policies.

Unless specifically requested, we do not solicit nor do we wish to receive any confidential, secret or proprietary information or other material from you through the Services, by e-mail or in any other way. Any and all comments, information, creative works, demos, ideas, suggestions, concepts, methods, systems, designs, plans, techniques or other materials submitted or sent by you to us via any medium (including, for example and without limitation, photos, audio, video, messages, text, files or other content which you submit or post to our chat rooms, message boards, comment sections and/or our blogs, social media pages or feeds, or send to us via e-mail or U.S. mail) (“Submitted Materials”) will be deemed not to be confidential or secret, and may be used by us in any manner consistent with these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy. By submitting or sending Submitted Materials to us, you: (i) represent and warrant that the Submitted Materials are original to you, that no other party has any rights thereto, and that any “moral rights” in Submitted Materials have been waived, (ii) that such Submitted Materials comply with these Terms of Use, including without limitation Sections 9 (Prohibited User Conduct) and 10 (Public Forums), and (iii) you grant us and our affiliates a royalty-free, unrestricted, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully transferable, assignable and sublicensable right and license to use, copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, display and incorporate in other works any Submitted Materials (in whole or part) in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, for any lawful purpose, including without limitation for promotional and/or commercial purposes. Without limiting the foregoing, you agree that if you choose to submit comments (e.g. a “letter to our editors” or an online review or comment) to us via any medium (including those noted above with respect to all Submitted Materials), we may publish these comments along with, at our sole discretion, your name, screen name and other information you have provided to us in our editorial publications in any form, media or technology now known or later developed. You hereby consent to this. We cannot be responsible for maintaining any Submitted Material that you provide to us, and we may delete or destroy any such Submitted Material at any time. You are solely responsible for creating backup copies of your Submitted Materials if you desire. Under no circumstances will PMC be liable for any inaccuracy or defect in any Submitted Materials.

You warrant and agree that, while using the Services you shall not: (a) impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation with any other person or entity; (b) insert your own or a third party’s advertising, branding or other promotional content into any of the Services’ content, materials or services (for example, without limitation, in an RSS feed or a podcast received from PMC or otherwise through the Services), or use, redistribute, republish or exploit such content or service for any further commercial or promotional purposes; or (c) attempt to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems through the Services. You shall not: (i) engage in spidering, “screen scraping,” “database scraping,” harvesting of e-mail addresses, wireless addresses or other contact or personal information, or any other automatic means of obtaining lists of users or other information from or through the Services or the services offered on or through the Services, including without limitation any information residing on any server or database connected to the Services or the services offered on or through the Services; (ii) obtain or attempt to obtain unauthorized access to computer systems, materials or information through any means; (iii) use the Services in any manner that may interrupt, damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Services or its services, including without limitation, sending mass unsolicited messages or “flooding” servers with requests; (iv) use the Services in violation of PMC’s or any third party’s intellectual property or other proprietary or legal rights; or (v) use the Services in violation of any applicable law. You further agree that you shall not attempt (or encourage or support anyone else’s attempt) to circumvent, reverse engineer, decrypt, or otherwise alter or interfere with the Services, or any content thereof, or make any unauthorized use thereof. You agree that you shall not use the Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Services or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Services or any of their services. You shall not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made publicly available or provided for through the Services. Without limiting the foregoing, you may not (i) use any artificial intelligence systems, machine learning models or tools, software robots, spider, crawlers, or other data gathering, analysis or extraction tools, whether automated or manual, to access, acquire, copy, monitor, scrape or aggregate the Services, including any content, data or any portion thereof (except for a public search engine’s use of spiders solely for creating search indices that surface links to our Services); (ii) use the Services, including any content, data or any portion thereof, to train artificial intelligence, machine learning models, automated processing tools, other algorithms or other software systems, whether automated or manual; or (iii) build a business, in whole or in part, resell, redistribute, recirculate or make any other commercial use of, or create derivative works or materials utilizing, any portion of the Services (including any code used in any software) or content, whether or not for profit. You are further prohibited from disabling, modifying, interfering with or otherwise circumventing any technology to view the Services (including any content) without: (i) displaying visibly both content and all surrounding elements and (ii) having full access to all functionality permitting viewing of content, including, without limitation, all video quality and display functionality, and interactive or click-through functionality.

PMC may, from time to time, make messaging services, chat services, bulletin boards, message boards, comment sections, blogs, other forums and other such services available on or through the Services. In addition to any other rules or regulations that we may post in connection with a particular service, you agree that you shall not upload, post, transmit, distribute or otherwise publish through the Services any Submitted Materials which (i) restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Services, (ii) are fraudulent, unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, offensive, pornographic, profane, sexually explicit or indecent, (iii) constitute or encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law, (iv) violate, plagiarize or infringe the rights of third parties including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, trade secret, confidentiality, contract, patent, rights of privacy or publicity or any other proprietary right, (v) contain a virus, spyware, or other harmful component, (vi) contain embedded links, advertising, chain letters or pyramid schemes of any kind, or (vii) constitute or contain false or misleading indications of origin, endorsement or statements of fact. You further agree not to impersonate any other person or entity, whether actual or fictitious, including anyone from PMC. You also may not offer to buy or sell any product or service on or through your Submitted Materials. You alone are responsible for the content and consequences of any of your activities.

PMC reserves the right, but does not have an obligation, to monitor and/or review all Submitted Materials and PMC is not responsible for any such Submitted Materials. However, PMC reserves the right at all times to disclose any Submitted Materials as necessary to satisfy any law, rule, regulation or government request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any Submitted Materials, in whole or in part, that PMC considers to be, in PMC’s sole discretion, objectionable or in violation of these Terms of Use, PMC’s policies or applicable law. If PMC elects to modify Submitted Materials, PMC nonetheless assumes no responsibility for the Submitted Materials. We may also impose limits on certain features of the forums or restrict your access to part or all of the forums without notice or penalty if we believe you are in breach of the guidelines set forth in this paragraph, our terms and conditions or applicable law, or for any other reason without notice or liability.

It is important to remember that comments submitted to a forum may be recorded and stored in multiple places, both on our Services and elsewhere on the Internet, which are likely to be accessible for a long time and you have no control over who will read them now or in the future. It is therefore important that you are careful and selective about the personal information that you disclose about yourself and others, and in particular, you should not disclose sensitive, embarrassing, proprietary or confidential information in your comments to our public forums.

Each Services user is solely responsible for any and all of its Submitted Materials. Because we do not control Submitted Materials, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for any Submitted Materials and we make no guarantees regarding the accuracy, currency, suitability, or quality of any Submitted Materials, and we assume no responsibility for any Submitted Materials. Your interactions with other Services users are solely between you and such user. You agree that PMC will not be responsible for any loss or damage incurred as a result of such interactions. If there is a dispute between you and any Services user, we are under no obligation to become involved. You acknowledge that other users may post comments about your Submitted Materials which may be derogatory, and PMC has no obligation to monitor or delete any such Submitted Materials. You hereby release and forever discharge PMC (and our directors, officers, employees, agents, successors and assigns) from, and herby waive and relinquish, each and every past, present and future dispute, claim, controversy, demand, right, obligation, liability, action and cause of action of every kind and nature (including personal injuries, death and property damage), that has arisen or arises directly or indirectly out of, or relates directly or indirectly to, any interactions with, or act or omission of, other Services users. IF YOU ARE A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, YOU HEREBY WAIVE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 1542 IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOREGOING, WHICH STATES: “A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.”

You agree that if you include a link from any other websites to the Services, such link shall link to the full version of an HTML formatted page of the Services. You are not permitted to link directly to any image hosted on the Services or our services, such as using an “in-line” linking method to cause the image hosted by us to be displayed on another website. You agree not to download or use images hosted on the Services on another website, for any purpose, including, without limitation, posting such images on another site. You agree not to link from any other website to the Services in any manner such that the Services, or any page of the Services, are “framed,” surrounded or obfuscated by any third party content, materials or branding. We reserve all of our rights under the law to insist that any link to the Services be discontinued, and to revoke your right to link to the Services from any other websites at any time upon written notice to you.

We may, directly or through our third-party vendors (“Vendors’), make certain products available to visitors and registrants of the Services. You agree to pay in full the prices for any purchases you make either by credit/debit card concurrent with your online order or by other payment means acceptable to PMC or its Vendors. You agree to pay all applicable taxes. If payment is not received by us or such Vendors from your credit or debit card issuer or its agents, you agree to pay all amounts due upon demand by us or the Vendors. Certain products that you purchase and/or download on or through the Services may be subject to additional terms and conditions presented to you at the time of such purchase or download. We reserve the right to change the number of issues in a subscription term, including discontinuing any format, make substitutions and/or modify the manner in which the subscription is distributed. If your email or postal address changes, you agree to provide us with your updated address.

You may be able to link from the Services to third party websites and third party websites may link to the Services (“Linked Sites”). You acknowledge and agree that we have no responsibility for and disclaims any liability for the information, content, products, services, advertising, code or other materials which may or may not be provided by or through Linked Sites, even if they are owned or run by affiliates of ours. Inclusion of any Linked Sites does not constitute an endorsement or sponsorship by us of such Linked Sites or the information, content, products, services, advertising, code or other materials presented on or through such Linked Sites. PMC does not represent or warrant that the contents of any third party websites are accurate, compliant with state or federal law, or compliant with copyright or other intellectual property laws. Also, PMC is not responsible for any form of transmission received from any Linked Sites. Any reliance on the contents of a third party website is done at your own risk and you assume all responsibilities and consequences resulting from such reliance.

PMC may run advertisements and promotions from third parties on the Services. Your business dealings or correspondence with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers other than PMC, and any terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such third party. PMC is not responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of third-party advertisers on the Services.

Certain pages of the Services provide the functionality for you to “embed” videos appearing on the page on other web sites or blog pages (together with the Player, as defined herein, the “Embedded Video”). The functionality is provided by giving you the necessary HTML code to include on such page to make that Embedded Video appear. If you include the HTML on a web or blog page, the actual video stream for the Embedded Video will be served from our servers but the Embedded Video may be rendered to the visitor of that page as part of that page. If you elect to embed video on a page, you agree as follows: (i) you will not alter, in any respect, the Embedded Video (including without limitation the content, format, and length and advertising associated therewith) from how it is served from our servers; (ii) you will not facilitate access to the Embedded Video directly or through any video player or other tool other than the video player that is provided by us when the Embedded Video appears (the “Player”); (iii) without limiting the foregoing, you will not link directly to the Embedded Video file; and (iv) the Embedded Video may be used in part for commercial purposes, including on an advertising-supported page, provided that: (a) the Embedded Video shall not be included in, or used as part of, a service that sells access to video content; (b) you shall not insert advertising, sponsorship or promotional messages in, or immediately adjacent to, the Embedded Video or Player; and (c) to the extent you sell any advertising, sponsorship or promotional material to appear on the same page that includes the Embedded Video, the page includes other content not provided by us which is a sufficient basis for such sales. You may not block, inhibit, build upon or disable any portion of the Player, including without limitation links back to our site. You understand and agree that all measured metrics related to the access and viewing of the Embedded Video shall be credited to the Services. Without limitation of any provision of these Terms of Use, we shall have no liability to you for any reason with respect to your use of Embedded Video and you agree to indemnify, defend and hold us and our affiliates and our affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising in any way from your use of the Embedded Video.

RSS (really simple syndication) service and other syndication formats such as Atom, as well as APIs (application programming interfaces) (collectively, the “Content Feeds”) are means by which PMC offers feeds of story headlines in XML or JSON format (“PMC Content”) to visitors to the Services who use the applicable Feed aggregators. You must use the Content Feeds as provided by PMC, and you may not edit or modify the text, content or links supplied by PMC. The applicable Content Feed service may be used only with those platforms from which a functional link is made available that, when accessed, takes the viewer directly to the display of the full article on the Services. You may not display the PMC Content in a manner that does not permit successful linking to, redirection to or delivery of the applicable Services web page. You may not insert any intermediate page, splash page or other content between the Content Feed link and the applicable Services web page. You must provide attribution to the appropriate Services in connection with your use of the Content Feeds. If you provide this attribution using a graphic, you must use the appropriate Services logo that we have incorporated into the Content Feed. PMC reserves the right to discontinue providing any or all of the Content Feeds at any time and to require you to cease displaying, distributing or otherwise using any or all of the Content Feeds for any reason including, without limitation, your violation of any provision of these Terms of Use. PMC assumes no liability for any of your activities in connection with the Content Feeds or for your use of the Content Feeds in connection with your websites or any other properties.

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold PMC and its directors, officers, employees, agents, successors and assigns harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising in any way from (a) your use of the Services, (b) your placement or transmission of Submitted Materials or any other message, content, information, software or other materials through the Services, and/or (c) your breach or violation of any applicable law or regulation or these Terms of Use. PMC reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and in such case, you agree to cooperate with PMC’s defense of such claim. You agree not to settle any matter without the prior written consent of the General Counsel of PMC.

We respect the intellectual property rights of others, and require that the people who use the Websites, or the services or features made available on or through the Websites, do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please forward the following information to PMC’s Copyright Agent, designated as such pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(2), named below:

• Your address, telephone number, and email address;
• A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
• A description of where the alleged infringing material is located;
• A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
• An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; and
• A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.

Agent:
PMC Tower
475 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Attn: PMC Copyright Agent
fax: (310) 846-4874
e-mail: [email protected]

Note that the above-referenced contact information is for copyright notices only. No other inquiries will receive a response from the PMC Copyright Agent.

THE SERVICES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL SERVICES, CONTENT, FUNCTIONS AND MATERIALS PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICES, ARE PROVIDED “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY FOR INFORMATION, DATA, DATA PROCESSING SERVICES, UPTIME OR UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS, ANY WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, PLAYABILITY, DISPLAYABILITY, ACCURACY, PRECISION, CORRECTNESS, THOROUGHNESS, COMPLETENESS OR USEFULNESS OF CONTENT OR INFORMATION, AND ANY WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES, EXPRESS AND IMPLIED.

WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES OR THE SERVICES, CONTENT, FUNCTIONS OR MATERIALS PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICES WILL BE TIMELY, SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICES OR THE PROVIDED SERVICES WILL MEET USERS’ REQUIREMENTS.

NO ADVICE, RESULTS OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US OR THROUGH THE SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN.

PMC ALSO ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY, AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES TO, OR VIRUSES THAT MAY INFECT, YOUR EQUIPMENT ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR BROWSING IN THE SERVICES OR YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIALS, DATA, TEXT, IMAGES, VIDEO CONTENT, OR AUDIO CONTENT FROM THE SERVICES.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL PMC BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE, INCLUDING PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH, RESULTING FROM USE OF THE SERVICES, ANY CONTENT POSTED ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICES, OR CONDUCT OF ANY USERS OF THE SERVICES, WHETHER ONLINE OR OFF.

YOU USE THE SERVICES AT YOUR OWN RISK. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SERVICES, YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SERVICES.

WE TRY TO ENSURE THAT THE INFORMATION POSTED ON THE SERVICES IS CORRECT AND UP-TO-DATE. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE OR MAKE CORRECTIONS TO ANY OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE SERVICES AT ANY TIME AND WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING.

PMC NEITHER ENDORSES NOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE OR STATEMENT ON THE SERVICES, NOR FOR ANY OFFENSIVE, DEFAMATORY, OBSCENE, INDECENT, UNLAWFUL OR INFRINGING POSTING MADE THEREON BY ANYONE OTHER THAN AUTHORIZED PMC EMPLOYEE SPOKESPERSONS WHILE ACTING IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, OTHER USERS OF THE SERVICES). IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION, OPINION, ADVICE OR OTHER CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICES. PLEASE SEEK THE ADVICE OF PROFESSIONALS, AS APPROPRIATE, REGARDING THE EVALUATION OF ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION, OPINION, ADVICE OR OTHER CONTENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FINANCIAL, HEALTH, OR LIFESTYLE INFORMATION, OPINION, ADVICE OR OTHER CONTENT.

WITHOUT LIMITATION OF THE ABOVE IN THIS SECTION, PMC AND ITS AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS AND LICENSORS MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES ORDERED OR PROVIDED VIA THE SERVICES, AND HEREBY DISCLAIM, AND YOU HEREBY WAIVE, ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS MADE IN PRODUCT OR SERVICES LITERATURE, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS DOCUMENTS AND OTHERWISE ON THE SERVICES OR IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH PMC OR ITS AGENTS. ANY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ORDERED OR PROVIDED VIA THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY PMC “AS IS,” EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT, IF AT ALL, OTHERWISE SET FORTH IN A LICENSE OR SALE AGREEMENT SEPARATELY ENTERED INTO IN WRITING BETWEEN YOU AND PMC OR ITS LICENSOR OR SUPPLIER.

IN NO EVENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE, SHALL PMC, OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR CONTENT OR SERVICE PROVIDERS (COLLECTIVELY, THE “PROTECTED ENTITIES”) BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM, OR DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO, THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICES OR THE CONTENT, MATERIALS AND FUNCTIONS RELATED THERETO, YOUR PROVISION OF INFORMATION VIA THE SERVICES, LOST BUSINESS OR LOST SALES, EVEN IF SUCH PROTECTED ENTITY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO CERTAIN USERS.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE PROTECTED ENTITIES BE LIABLE FOR OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CONTENT POSTED, TRANSMITTED, EXCHANGED OR RECEIVED BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY USER OR OTHER PERSON ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICES.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE PROTECTED ENTITIES TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING FROM THE TERMS OF USE OR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES EXCEED, IN THE AGGREGATE, THE GREATER OF (a) TWENTY-FIVE US DOLLARS ($25), OR (B) THE AMOUNT, IF ANY, PAID BY YOU TO PMC FOR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES OR PURCHASE OF PRODUCTS VIA THE SERVICES.

We control and operate the Services from our offices in the United States of America. We do not represent that materials on the Services are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Persons who choose to access the Services from other locations do so on their own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed solely and exclusively in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, USA without giving effect to any law that would result in the application of the law of another jurisdiction.

PMC may terminate, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Services or the Services’ services at any time. PMC may restrict, suspend or terminate your access to the Services and/or its services if we believe you are in breach of our Terms of Use or applicable law, or for any other reason without notice or liability. Without limitation, PMC may, in its sole discretion and without liability, terminate the Services use privileges of users who are repeat infringers of intellectual property rights.

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT MAY SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS—INCLUDING YOUR RIGHT TO FILE A LAWSUIT IN COURT (BY REQUIRING YOUR DISPUTE TO BE SUBMITTED TO ARBITRATION) AND LIMITING YOUR RIGHTS TO RESOLVE YOUR DISPUTE AS PART OF A CLASS.

As detailed herein, the Terms of Use mandate that all disputes between you and PMC be resolved first through an informal dispute resolution process. In the event informal resolution fails, the Terms of Use further mandate that all disputes (except those identified in Section 26.3) be formally resolved through binding arbitration. Binding arbitration means that an arbitrator, and not any federal, state or local court or agency, shall have exclusive authority to resolve such disputes. Consequently, you should read the entirety of Section 26 carefully as it may significantly affect your legal rights.

These Terms of Use (including the Privacy Policy) constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the use of the Services. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the Terms of Use is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Terms of Use remain in full force and effect.