ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library
Visitor Agreement
Welcome to the ECOCEAN Library! Please read this Visitor Agreement. By using this web site, you accept its terms. This Visitor Agreement applies to any web page using the following domains, which are collectively known as the "ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library" or in shortened form "ECOCEAN Library":
The Internet is an evolving medium, and we may change the terms of this Visitor Agreement from time to time. By continuing to use any of the ECOCEAN Library sites after we post any such changes, you accept the Visitor Agreement, as modified. We may change, restrict access to, suspend or discontinue the ECOCEAN Library, or any portion of the ECOCEAN Library, at any time.
If you disagree with any material you find in the ECOCEAN Library, we suggest that you respond by noting your disagreement in an email to webmaster at shepherdproject dot org. We invite you to bring to our attention any material you believe to be factually inaccurate. Please forward a copy of the material to our webmaster along with an explanation of your disagreement.
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NO SOLICITING
You agree not to use the ECOCEAN Library to advertise or to solicit anyone to buy or sell products or services, or to make donations of any kind, without our express written approval.
USE OF MATERIALS
Any photographs that you submit to the ECOCEAN Library remain YOUR intellectual property, and the ECOCEAN Library and its participants agree not to use them for media purposes without your express permission. However, by submitting photographs and whale shark sighting data you give ECOCEAN and its participants permission to use this data for research and conservation purposes. Data, such as shark identifications, may be derived from your submissions. This data becomes the intellectual property of the ECOCEAN Library and may not be published or re-used without the express permission of the ECOCEAN Library.
The Internet allows people throughout the world to share valuable information, ideas and creative works. To ensure continued open access to such materials, we all need to protect the rights of those who share their creations with us. Although we make the ECOCEAN Library freely accessible, we don't intend to give up our rights, or anyone else's rights, to the materials appearing in the ECOCEAN Library. The materials available through the ECOCEAN Library are the property of the ECOCEAN Library or, in the case of photographs and images, the property of individual contributors. All photographs and data are protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. You may not reproduce any of the materials without the prior written consent of the owner. You may not distribute copies of materials found on the ECOCEAN Library in any form (including by email or other electronic means), without prior written permission from the ECOCEAN Library.
Requests for permission to use, reproduce, or distribute materials found in the ECOCEAN Library should first be sent to webmaster at whaleshark dot org. Requests will be evaluated and responded to (yes or no) as quickly as possible. Our main concern is to protect intellectual property and to ensure that credit is given where credit is due. Our mission is to facilitate global cooperation within the whale shark research community, and we are working to make as much data as possible available while protecting the rights of individual contributors.
LINKING
We welcome links to the ECOCEAN Library. You are usually free to establish a hypertext link to any of the ECOCEAN Library pages so long as the link does not state or imply any sponsorship of your site by the ECOCEAN Library. Pages linking to the Library should include, to the best of your ability, factually correct information about the ECOCEAN Library and about whale sharks. In other words, please respect the scientific mission of the ECOCEAN Library and help us ensure that only accurate information about whale sharks is disseminated.
FRAMING
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USER ACCOUNTS
The ECOCEAN Library staff does its best to ensure that information we post to the ECOCEAN Library is timely, accurate, and scientifically valuable. To obtain access to certain services of the ECOCEAN Library, you may be given an opportunity to register with the ECOCEAN Library. As part of any such registration process, you will be provided an user name and a password. You agree that the information you supply during that registration process will be accurate and complete and that you will not register under the name of, or attempt to enter the ECOCEAN Library under the name of, another person. You will be responsible for preserving the confidentiality of your password, sharing it with no one else without express permission, and will notify the staff of the ECOCEAN Library of any known or suspected unauthorized use of your account. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless ECOCEAN, its affiliates and participants, and their officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers, from and against any and all losses, expenses, damages and costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees) resulting from any violation of this Visitor Agreement or any activity related to your account (including negligent or wrongful conduct) by you or any other person accessing the ECOCEAN Library using your account.
MISCELLANEOUS
In the event that any portion of this Visitor Agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the enforceability or validity of any other portion of this Visitor Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect and be construed as if the invalid or unenforceable portion were not part of the Visitor Agreement.
By using the ECOCEAN Library, you agree to abide by the terms of this Visitor Agreement.
We hope you enjoy using the ECOCEAN Library, and we welcome suggestions for improvements.
Thanks for your support!
Last updated: July 17, 2007. |
