Terms of Use - Radiological Society of North America

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Terms of Use - Radiological Society of North America
RSNA DIAGNOSIS LIVE™ TERMS OF USE
Last Revised – April 2015
Welcome. These Terms of Use (“Terms”) apply to the use of websites and/or portals
which are owned and/or operated by or on behalf of the Radiological Society of North
America and provide information and services related to RSNA Diagnosis Live™ (the
“Site”), through our authorized third parties, or by any of the other means described
herein. RSNA values your interest in its services and appreciates your visit to its Site.
When we refer to “RSNA,” “we,” “us,” or “our,” we mean the Radiological Society of
North America.
When we refer to “you” or “your,” we mean the person accessing the Site. If the person
accessing the Site acts on behalf of, or for the purposes of, another person, including a
business or other organization, “you” or “your” also means that other person, including
a business organization.
USER ACCESS
RSNA makes the Site available subject to the following terms and conditions and all
applicable laws. By accessing, browsing or otherwise using (collectively, “using”) this
Site, you acknowledge that you, the individual user of this Site, have read, understood
and agree to be legally bound by these Terms, and to comply with all applicable laws
and regulations, without limitation or qualification. By using this Site, you further
acknowledge that you have the authority and do hereby legally bind the business entity,
if any, to which you serve as an agent, independent contractor or employee thereof to
the same Terms, without limitation or qualification. These Terms shall take effect
immediately on your first use of the Site. If you do not agree to the Terms, you are not
authorized to access, browse or otherwise use this Site.
RSNA, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to alter or change these Terms at any
time. Any modifications will become effective when posted on this Site. By using this
Site after any changes in these Terms, you agree to be legally bound by the Terms as
amended. Therefore, you should frequently revisit this page to determine the present
terms and conditions to which you are legally bound.
We may terminate your right to use this Site without cause at any time and effective
immediately. In addition, we may terminate your right to use this Site or any of its Sites
immediately and without notice for violation of any part of these Terms. In the event of
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any such termination, the restrictions on your use of the material on this Site shall
survive such termination, and you agree to be bound by those terms.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF INFORMATION AND
CONTENT
All information and content provided on this Site, whether explicitly marked or not, are
the property of RSNA, its subsidiaries, affiliated companies or joint partners, or others,
and are subject to U.S. and international copyright and unfair competition laws. The
information and content provided includes, but is not limited to, the information, text,
graphics, image, video, audio, animation, software, their related files and their
arrangement on the Site (“Content”).
All trademarks, service marks, logos, model and brand names, emblems and protectable
trade dress elements (collectively, “Marks”), whether explicitly marked or not, used on
this Site are owned by RSNA, its subsidiaries, affiliated companies or joint partners, or
used under license, and are subject to U.S. (federal and state) and international
trademark and unfair competition laws.
You may not copy, reproduce, download, upload, post, broadcast, transmit, distribute,
publish, republish, or otherwise use any information, content or Marks provided on this
Site in any form or by any means, or by any information storage or retrieval system for
any commercial use without the express written permission of RSNA. You may,
however, copy, print or otherwise use the information, content or Marks provided on
this Site provided that the use is for your personal educational use only and further
provided that you: (1) maintain all copyright and other intellectual property notices
together and intact with any information or content; (2) do not modify or otherwise
alter any information or content; and (3) do not expressly or implicitly suggest an
association with any services, product, brands or affiliates through the use of any
information or content. Other use of any information, content or Marks, except as
specifically permitted in these Terms or in a written instrument signed by RSNA, is
strictly prohibited.
Nothing contained in this Site shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel,
or otherwise, any license or right to any copyright, patent, trademark or other
proprietary interest of RSNA or any third party.
You are not permitted to create a hyperlink to any page or portion of this Site or frame
any page or portion of this Site without our prior written permission.
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Any use of the information, content or Marks provided on this Site that does not
comport with the above Terms shall be an unauthorized use and subject you to civil and
criminal penalties as provided by applicable U.S. and international intellectual property
laws.
USAGE TERMS
You may have the opportunity to use the Site and its services to interact or participate in
a presentation or lecture. In addition, you may create a lecture or presentation and use
the Site and its services to interact with your audience.
RSNA is not liable or responsible for any Content provided by its users or other third
parties to the Site ("User Content"). The contributions of third parties do not necessarily
represent the view or opinions of RSNA. RSNA cannot preview User Content before it
appears. You can be held liable for any illegal or prohibited User Content you provide to
the Site, including among other things, infringing, defamatory or offensive materials. If
you discover this kind of material on the Site, please notify us at diagnosislive@rsna.org.
We will investigate your claim and may then take the actions deemed appropriate.
By submitting, posting, displaying, uploading or otherwise making available Content on
or through the Service, including uploading presentation or lecture materials, you grant
to us a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, and
display such Content in any and all media or distribution methods (now known or later
developed), solely as reasonably necessary to operate the Site or the Service, and
subject to the terms of the Agreement, including our Privacy Policy.
We may modify or adapt your Content in order to transmit, display or distribute it over
computer networks and in various media and/or make changes to your Content, at our
sole discretion, as are needed to efficiently provide the Services due to any
requirements or limitations of any networks, devices, services or media.
Your license to RSNA is perpetual and shall not terminate for any reason including if you
discontinue use of the Service, delete your profile or registration of the Service, or
remove your Content from the Service. If you decide to delete your profile or
registration of the Service, you waive your right of attribution and any moral rights to
any and all of your Content. RSNA may modify your Content, at its sole discretion.
Additionally, by submitting, posting, displaying, uploading or otherwise making available
Content to the site, you warrant, represent and agree that you have the right to grant us
the license described above. You also represent, warrant and agree that you have not
and will not contribute any Content that:
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(a)
infringes, violates or otherwise interferes with any copyright or trademark of
another party;
(b)
reveals any trade secret, unless the trade secret belongs to you or you have the
owner's permission to disclose it;
(c)
infringes any intellectual property right of another or the privacy or publicity
rights of another;
(d)
is libelous, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harassing, hateful, offensive or
otherwise violates any law or right of any third party;
(e)
creates an impression that you know is incorrect, misleading, or deceptive,
including by impersonating others or otherwise misrepresenting your affiliation with a
person or entity;
(f)
contains other people's private or personally identifiable information without
their express authorization and permission;
(g)
is known to be related to or the subject of a threatened or on-going dispute over
any ownership or other rights therein; and/or
(h)
contains or links to a virus, trojan horse, worm, time bomb or other computer
programming routine or engine that is intended to damage, detrimentally interfere
with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or information. We
reserve the right at our discretion to remove any Content from the Site, suspend or
terminate your account at any time, or pursue any other remedy or relief available
under equity or law.
RSNA has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit submitted Content and
takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any Content submitted by you or any
third party.
International Use
RSNA makes no representation that materials on this site are appropriate or available
for use in locations outside the United States, and accessing them from territories
where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this site from
other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with
local laws.
Commercial User
For the avoidance of doubt, the Site may not be used by our visitors for any commercial
purposes such as to contact our users, approach users regarding products or services of
third-parties or other commercial activities. You must obtain our prior written consent
to make commercial offers of any kind, whether by advertising, solicitations, links, or
any other form of communication.
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Violation of the Terms
You understand and agree that in RSNA’s sole discretion, and without prior notice, we
may terminate your access to the Site and exercise any other remedy available and
remove any unauthorized User Content, if we believe that the User Content you
provided has violated or is inconsistent with these Terms or violated the rights of RSNA,
another User, or the law. You agree that monetary damages may not provide a
sufficient remedy to RSNA for violations of these Terms and you consent to injunctive or
other equitable relief for such violations. RSNA may release user information about you
if required by law or subpoena, or if the information is necessary or appropriate to
release to address an unlawful or harmful activity. RSNA is not required to provide any
refund to you if you are terminated as a User because you have violated these Terms.
RSNA is not responsible for the products, services, content of any individual or thirdparty that may deliver a lecture or use the Site and/or services of RSNA Diagnosis Live™.
Without limiting the foregoing, you may report objectionable content or presenters to
us at diagnosislive@rsna.org. We may investigate the claim and take appropriate
action, at our sole discretion.
ADOPTION OF ADDITIONAL TERMS
DISCLAIMERS
YOU USE THIS SITE AND THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED ON THIS SITE AT YOUR
OWN RISK. ALL INFORMATION AND CONTENT AND ALL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
OFFERED THROUGH THIS SITE, INCLUDING CONTENT PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTY
PRESENTERS AND LECTURERS IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURCHASE,
TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT WILL RSNA, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATED COMPANIES OR JOINT
PARTNERS BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR OTHER
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THIS SITE
OR ANY OF THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED THROUGH THIS SITE, OR ANY OTHER
HYPERLINKED SITE INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST REVENUES, LOST
PROFITS, LOSS OF PROSPECTIVE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION,
LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA ON YOUR HANDLING SYSTEM OR OTHERWISE
ARISING OUT OF THE USE, MISUSE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SITE OR THE
INFORMATION, CONTENT DOCUMENTS OR SOFTWARE THEREOF, EVEN IF RSNA, ITS
SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATED COMPANIES OR JOINT PARTNERS ARE ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY A THIRD PARTY. YOUR SOLE
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AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AGAINST RSNA IS TO DISCONTINUE USE OF THIS SITE AND ANY
HYPERLINKED SITES AND TO DISCONTINUE THE USE OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
OFFERED ON THIS SITE AND ANY HYPERLINKED SITES.
Without limiting the above disclaimers, RSNA, its subsidiaries, affiliated companies and
joint partners: (1) make no warranties or representations whatsoever concerning this
Site or any other Internet Site, the access to, or the availability or use of, this Site or any
other Internet website, the information and content from whatever source posted on or
referred to in this Site or any other Internet website or the accuracy, completeness or
timeliness of such information or content; (2) do not warrant or represent that your
access to, or use of, this Site or any other Internet website will be uninterrupted or free
of errors or omissions, that defects will be corrected, or that this Site or any other
Internet website is, or the information or content from whatever source available for
use or downloading are free of computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other
harmful components; (3) do not represent or warrant that any services or products
listed on, or accessed through, this Site will be available for purchase or not withdrawn
at any time and makes no representation or warranty of any kind whatsoever
concerning such products or services; and (4) do not represent or warrant the accuracy,
functionality, specifications or any other aspect of items from whatever source posted
or accessed through this Site. Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the
exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you.
No Medical Advice
The information posted here by the RSNA or any third party should not be considered
medical advice and is not intended to replace consultation with a qualified medical
professional. The RSNA does not answer specific medical questions or refer people to a
particular medical professional.
Links
This Site may use hyperlinks as a convenience to you so that reference material, RSNArelated subjects and other pertinent material is easily accessible. Linked and referenced
websites may not be operated, controlled or maintained by RSNA. Hyperlinks and
references to other websites, including any RSNA-affiliated entity, do not constitute
sponsorship, endorsement or approval by RSNA of the information, content, policies or
practices of such linked or referenced websites. RSNA, its subsidiaries, affiliated
companies and joint partners do not accept any responsibilities for any information or
content, availability, policies, practices or any use of such websites. You access, browse
and use such websites at your own risk.
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RSNA has no obligation to update any information or content on this Site. Accordingly,
RSNA, its subsidiaries, affiliated companies and joint partners assume no responsibility
regarding the accuracy of the information or content provided on the Site. Any use of
the information or content provided on this Site is done so at your own risk.
PRIVACY POLICY
These Terms include the terms and conditions of RSNA’s Privacy Policy. Accordingly, by
using this Site, you affirmatively acknowledge that you have read, understood and agree
to be legally bound by the terms and conditions of RSNA’s Privacy Policy.
MISCELLANEOUS
You warrant to RSNA that you will not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any
services offered by RSNA or computer systems or networks connected to any RSNA
server through hacking, password mining or any other means. You may not obtain or
attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally
made available by RSNA. When using the Site you agree not to pretend to be someone
else or spoof their identity.
You agree to defend, indemnify, save and hold harmless RSNA, its subsidiaries, affiliated
companies, joint partners, licensees and their respective directors, officers, employees
and agents from and against all liabilities, claims, damages and expenses, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees as incurred, arising out of your use of this Site including any
violation or alleged violation of these Terms, and any losses or claims arising out of your
use of any services you may have obtained on one of our Sites.
If any part of these Terms is deemed unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that part will be
deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining
provisions.
Regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out
of or related to use of this Site or these Terms must be filed within one (1) year after
such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. The section titles herein are
for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.
By using this Site, you further agree that you will not use this Site or any materials
available thereon for any unlawful activity, or use it in any way that would violate any of
these Terms.
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