Terms of Use

PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE USING THESE HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON WORLD WIDE WEB PAGES (THE "HRW SITE"). BY USING THE HRW SITE YOU INDICATE YOUR AGREEMENT TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE HRW SITE.

1. Copyright and Proprietary Rights. This world wide web site is the property of Holt, Rinehart and Winston ("HRW") and its licensors and is protected by United States and International Copyright laws. All rights in copyright, trademark, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights in the HRW Site and in the software, text, graphics, design elements, audio, music and all other materials incorporated by HRW therein (the "HRW Supplied Information") are reserved to HRW or its licensors.
A. You may not reproduce, upload, post, transmit, download or distribute any part of the HRW Site other than printing out or downloading portions of the text and images for your own personal, non-commercial use provided that (i) you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices, (ii) you do not use the materials in a manner that suggests an association with any of our products, services, or brands, and (iii) you do not download quantities of materials to a database that can be used to avoid future downloads from the HRW Site and/or Other Sites.
B. You may not modify the HRW Site or any material residing on the HRW Site.
C. You may not use the HRW Site in any manner that infringes the rights of another party.

2. Responsibility for Content. HRW does not screen, edit or review material submitted by users. HRW, therefore, accepts no responsibility or liability for any material which may reside in or is accessed by the HRW Site other than HRW Supplied Information. Other sites on the Internet which may be linked to the HRW Site are not the responsibility of HRW. You may not link, upload, post or transmit any illegal, obscene, offensive, gambling or otherwise inappropriate material to the HRW Site. While HRW has no duty to review or edit the materials submitted by users, you agree that any such material may be removed by HRW at any time for any reason.

3. Exclusions Of Warranties. No warranties of any kind are made with respect to the HRW Site and the information contained therein. HRW AND ITS LICENSORS DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE HRW SITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, WILL BE ACCURATE, OR WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE HRW SITE OR THE SERVERS MAKING MATERIALS AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. WE EXPRESSLY EXCLUDE AND DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. HRW AND ITS LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE HRW SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DATA MISAPPROPRIATION, LOSS OR CORRUPTION, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY IS BASED IN TORT, CONTACT OR OTHERWISE.

4. Submissions. All concepts, ideas, comments, manuscripts, illustrations, and all other materials disclosed or offered to HRW on or in connection with this Site are submitted without any restrictions or expectation of confidentiality. HRW shall not have any financial or other obligation to you when you submit such information, and you waive the right to assert any proprietary or moral right of any kind with respect to such submissions. HRW shall have the right to use, publish, reproduce, transmit, download, upload, post, display or otherwise distribute your submissions in any manner without notice or compensation to you.
5. Links to Other Sites. Links to other sites may appear from time to time on the HRW Site. These links have been established to offer additional resources on subjects you find of interest on the HRW Site. In some instances, such links are a result of cooperative projects with organizations that own, operate or maintain the other sites. HRW has no control over content that appears on Other Sites. Such content is subject to change and/or elimination. HRW assumes no responsibility for content, including factual errors and continuing availability, appearing on Other Sites.

6. Links to the HRW Site. Teachers, schools and educators may establish a link or links to the HRW Site, subject to compliance with the following requirements:
A. You may not frame or alter the appearance of the HRW Site.
B. You may neither state nor imply that HRW endorses, sponsors or otherwise approves your site or any Other Sites.
C. You must abide by all of the other terms and conditions of use set forth in this document. For example, you may not reproduce or host HRW Information on your Website.
D. You agree not to portray HRW or HRW Information in any negative or derogatory manner.
E. Your site may not contain any (i) vulgar, obscene, pornographic or indecent language or images, (ii) material that is untrue, defames, abuses, harasses or threatens others, (iii) statements that are bigoted, hateful, mean spirited, ethnically offensive or racially demeaning, (iv) material violating any person's right of privacy, (v) material involving or encouraging gambling activities, and (vi) unauthorized copyrighted material. All other parties desiring to link to the HRW Site must contact webmaster@hrw.com to request permission.

7. Destructive Devices. It is your responsibility to take precautions to ensure that your computer and/or network is protected from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, or any other devices with destructive intent. In no event will HRW be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages to you from the use of the HRW Site.

8. Parental/Teacher Direction. Children are encouraged to check with their parents or teachers before visiting Websites. Parents and teachers should closely monitor the online activities of children.

9. Modification of Terms and Conditions. HRW reserves the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these terms and conditions at any time. Please review these terms and conditions periodically for changes. Your continued use of the HRW Site following the posting of changes to these terms and conditions will mean you accept all such changes.

10. Export Controls. You agree that your use of the HRW Site will comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations that govern the export of technical data.

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