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The siliconeconomics.com website (“SE Website”) is owned, operated, and maintained by Silicon Economics, Inc., a California Corporation (“SE”).

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

The SE Website and its related services are offered to you conditioned on your acceptance, without modification, of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein. Your use of the SE Website, constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices. If you do not agree to be bound by the terms and conditions, promptly exit this site.

SE reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices concerning use of the SE Website without notice. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these terms and conditions posted on other sections of the SE Website. Your continued use of the SE Website constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices.

SITE ACCESS

SE grants you a limited revocable right to access this site for demonstration purposes only. Unless otherwise specified, the SE Website is for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not download, modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information or any portion of the SE Website without the express written consent of SE. This right does not include any derivative use of this site or its contents or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. This right also does not confer any grant of a license to the technology or underlying software or patents owned by SE.

You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of SE and/or its affiliates without express written consent of SE. You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing SE's name or trademarks without the express written consent of SE. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or access granted by SE.

You may not create a link to the SE Website without express written permission of SE. If permission is granted, such permission will consist of a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of the SE Website (www.siliconeconomics.com) so long as the link does not portray SE, its affiliates, or their content, products, or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any SE logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without express written permission of SE.

SE reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate or limit your access to any or all of the SE Website or any portion thereof at any time, without notice.

NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE

As a condition of your use of the SE Website, you will not use the SE Website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use the SE Website in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the SE Website (or the network(s) connected to the SE Website) or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the SE Website.

STATEMENT OF PRIVACY

SE recognizes the importance of protecting your privacy and takes that obligation seriously. SE also knows that you care about how your usage data, including your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address information (“Personal Information”) is used and/or shared. SE's sole intent in collecting Personal Information is to balance its legitimate business interests against the reasonable expectations of privacy of its customers. As such, except as provided for under Material Provided to SE below, SE DOES NOT SELL, RENT, SWAP OR OTHERWISE DISCLOSE ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION, except SE may transfer data and other Personal Information in connection with the sale or transfer of its business operations. Consequently, SE adopted this Statement of Privacy to inform SE Website users how it does collect, store, and use Personal Information.

DISCLOSURE

SE reserves the right to disclose any Personal Information about you or your use of the SE Website, including its contents, without your prior permission if SE has a good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (1) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process and/or (2) enforce the Terms of Use. SE's performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of SE's right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the SE Website or information provided to or gathered by SE with respect to such use.

MATERIALS PROVIDED TO SE

If you submit any feedback, suggestions, or other communications (each a "Submission" and collectively "Submissions") to the SE Website, you are granting SE, its affiliated companies and its designees and sub licensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission. No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. SE is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and SE may remove any Submission at any time in its sole discretion.

SE does not want to receive confidential or proprietary information from you through the SE Website. Please note that any information or material sent to SE through the SE Website will be deemed NOT to be confidential. By sending SE any information or material through the SE Website, you grant SE an unrestricted, irrevocable, world-wide, royalty free license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit, and distribute those materials or information, publish your name in connection therewith, and you also agree that SE is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques that you send us for any purpose.

TRADEMARKS

All trademarks and trade dress that appear on the SE Website (“Trademarks”) are trademarks/trade dress or registered trademarks/trade dress of SE (unless indicated otherwise) or its subsidiaries or parent companies, in the United States and other countries.

The Trademarks are valuable assets of SE and carry considerable goodwill and consumer acceptance of the goods and services sold under the Trademarks. Such goodwill has made the Trademarks distinctive to SE and, as such, may only by used by SE or other authorized persons or entities for the benefit of SE and only in connection with the products and services authorized by SE. Any unauthorized use of the Trademarks and/or any use of a mark or symbol that is likely to cause confusion among consumers or in any manner that disparages or discredits SE, its affiliates, subsidiaries or parent companies is strictly prohibited.

You may not use any of the Trademarks in any manner without the prior written consent of SE. Any unauthorized use is expressly prohibited by law and violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible according to applicable law, without notice.

COPYRIGHTS and PATENTS

The content made available through the SE Website is the property and copyright, and/or the property of the authors, content partners and licensors, and is protected by copyright, patent, and intellectual property laws. You may display or print the content available through SE Website for your personal, non-commercial use only. Content may not be reused, rebroadcast, or redistributed on the web, print or elsewhere without the prior written permission of SE and/or the content provider. You agree to use the content and services within the SE Website in a manner that complies with all applicable laws in the jurisdictions in which you use them, including application restrictions on copyright, patent, and intellectual property rights.

All content that is made available to view and/or download in connection with the SE Website, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, and data compilations (“Content”), is owned by and is the copyrighted work of SE and is protected by United States copyright laws and international treaty provisions. The compilation of all content on the SE Website is the exclusive property of SE and is protected by United States copyright laws and international treaty provisions. All Software used on this site is the property of SE and/or its software suppliers and is protected by United States and foreign patent laws, copyright laws and international treaty provisions.

Any reproduction or redistribution of the Content and/or Software is expressly prohibited by law, and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, COPYING OR REPRODUCTION OF THE CONTENT OR SOFTWARE TO ANY OTHER SERVER OR LOCATION FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES

The SE Website may contain links to third party websites ("Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the control of SE and SE is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. SE is not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any Linked Site nor is SE responsible if the Linked Site is not working appropriately. SE is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by SE of the site or any association with its operators. You are responsible for viewing, being aware of and abiding by the privacy statements and terms of use posted at the Linked Sites.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

THE SE WEBSITE, INCLUDING ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN IT OR ANY SITE-RELATED SERVICE, IS PROVIDED "AS IS," WITH ALL FAULTS, WITH NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT. YOU ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR YOUR USE OF THE SE WEBSITE, SITE-RELATED SERVICES, AND HYPERLINKED WEBSITES.

SE, ITS AFFILIATES AND ITS SPONSORS ARE NEITHER RESPONSIBLE NOR LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THE SE WEBSITE, SITE-RELATED SERVICES, CONTENT OR INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN THE SE WEBSITE, AND/OR ANY HYPERLINKED WEBSITE. YOUR SOLE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SE WEBSITE, SITE-RELATED SERVICES, AND/OR HYPERLINKED WEBSITES IS TO STOP USING THE SE WEBSITE AND/OR THOSE SERVICES.

Although SE attempts to ensure the integrity and accurateness of the SE Website, it makes no guarantees whatsoever as to the correctness or accuracy of the SE Website. It is possible that the SE Website could include inaccuracies or errors, and that unauthorized additions, deletions and alterations could be made to the SE Website by third parties. In the event that an inaccuracy arises, please inform SE so that it can be corrected. Information contained on the SE Website may be changed or updated without notice.

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify and hold SE, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers and employees, harmless from any claim, demand, or damage, including reasonable attorneys' fees, asserted by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the SE Website and/or any information (text or graphical), software, or products obtained through the SE Website and/or from SE.

APPLICABLE LAW

All disputes against SE, including but not limited to disputes as to this Terms of Use; the site access, restriction, and/or termination; SE's trademarks, copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trade dress and other intellectual property disputes; member accounts; privacy; and disclaimer of warranties shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, U.S.A. and shall be submitted to a state or federal court in Santa Clara County, California, U.S.A., and you irrevocably consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts. Use of the SE Website is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this Applicable Law section.

SEVERABILITY

If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and SE with respect to the SE Website and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and SE with respect to the SE Website.

ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND COMMUNICATIONS

A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.