Information on Terms of Use
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS.
The services that Microsoft provides to you are subject to the following Terms
of Use ("TOU"). Microsoft reserves the right to update the TOU at any time
without notice to you. The most current version of the TOU can be reviewed by
clicking on the "Terms of Use" hypertext link located at the bottom of our Web
pages.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
Through its network of Web properties, Microsoft provides you with access to a
variety of resources, including developer tools, download areas, communication
forums and product information (collectively "Services"). The Services,
including any updates, enhancements, new features, and/or the addition of any
new Web properties, are subject to the TOU.
PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE LIMITATION.
Unless otherwise specified, the Services are for your personal and
non-commercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display,
perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer,
or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from the
Services.
PRIVACY AND PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.
See the Privacy Statement disclosures relating to the collection and use of
your information.
NOTICE SPECIFIC TO SOFTWARE AVAILABLE ON THIS WEB SITE.
Any software that is made available to download from the Services ("Software")
is the copyrighted work of Microsoft and/or its suppliers. Use of the Software
is governed by the terms of the end user license agreement, if any, which
accompanies or is included with the Software ("License Agreement"). An end user
will be unable to install any Software that is accompanied by or includes a
License Agreement, unless he or she first agrees to the License Agreement
terms. The Software is made available for download solely for use by end users
according to the License Agreement. Any reproduction or redistribution of the
Software not in accordance with the License Agreement 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 SOFTWARE TO ANY
OTHER SERVER OR LOCATION FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION IS
EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED, UNLESS SUCH REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION IS EXPRESSLY
PERMITTED BY THE LICENSE AGREEMENT ACCOMPANYING SUCH SOFTWARE. THE SOFTWARE IS
WARRANTED, IF AT ALL, ONLY ACCORDING TO THE TERMS OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT.
EXCEPT AS WARRANTED IN THE LICENSE AGREEMENT, MICROSOFT CORPORATION HEREBY
DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THE SOFTWARE, INCLUDING
ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR
STATUTORY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. FOR
YOUR CONVENIENCE, MICROSOFT MAY MAKE AVAILABLE AS PART OF THE SERVICES OR IN
ITS SOFTWARE PRODUCTS, TOOLS AND UTILITIES FOR USE AND/OR DOWNLOAD. MICROSOFT
DOES NOT MAKE ANY ASSURANCES WITH REGARD TO THE ACCURACY OF THE RESULTS OR
OUTPUT THAT DERIVES FROM SUCH USE OF ANY SUCH TOOLS AND UTILITIES. PLEASE
RESPECT THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF OTHERS WHEN USING THE TOOLS AND
UTILITIES MADE AVAILABLE ON THE SERVICES OR IN MICROSOFT SOFTWARE PRODUCTS.
RESTRICTED RIGHTS LEGEND.
Any Software which is downloaded from the Services for or on behalf of the
United States of America, its agencies and/or instrumentalities ("U.S.
Government"), is provided with Restricted Rights. Use, duplication, or
disclosure by the U.S. Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in
subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software
clause at DFARS 252.227-7013 or subparagraphs (c)(1) and (2) of the Commercial
Computer Software - Restricted Rights at 48 CFR 52.227-19, as applicable.
Manufacturer is Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA
98052-6399.
NOTICE SPECIFIC TO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE ON THIS WEB SITE.
Permission to use Documents (such as white papers, press releases, datasheets
and FAQs) from the Services is granted, provided that (1) the below copyright
notice appears in all copies and that both the copyright notice and this
permission notice appear, (2) use of such Documents from the Services is for
informational and non-commercial or personal use only and will not be copied or
posted on any network computer or broadcast in any media, and (3) no
modifications of any Documents are made. Accredited educational institutions,
such as K-12, universities, private/public colleges, and state community
colleges, may download and reproduce the Documents for distribution in the
classroom. Distribution outside the classroom requires express written
permission. Use for any other purpose is expressly prohibited by law, and may
result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to
the maximum extent possible. Documents specified above do not include the
design or layout of the Microsoft.com Web site or any other Microsoft owned,
operated, licensed or controlled site. Elements of Microsoft Web sites are
protected by trade dress, trademark, unfair competition, and other laws and may
not be copied or imitated in whole or in part. No logo, graphic, sound or image
from any Microsoft Web site may be copied or retransmitted unless expressly
permitted by Microsoft.
MICROSOFT AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE
SUITABILITY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE DOCUMENTS AND RELATED GRAPHICS
PUBLISHED AS PART OF THE SERVICES FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH DOCUMENTS AND
RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT
AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS
WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, INCLUDING ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF
MERCHANTABILITY, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT
AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE,
DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS
ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF
INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM THE SERVICES. THE DOCUMENTS AND RELATED GRAPHICS
PUBLISHED ON THE SERVICES COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL
ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. MICROSOFT
AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE
PRODUCT(S) AND/OR THE PROGRAM(S) DESCRIBED HEREIN AT ANY TIME. NOTICES
REGARDING SOFTWARE, DOCUMENTS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE ON THIS WEB SITE. IN NO
EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING
FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE
OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
PERFORMANCE OF SOFTWARE, DOCUMENTS, PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE
SERVICES, OR INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM THE SERVICES. MEMBER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD,
AND SECURITY.
If any of the Services requires you to open an account, you must complete the
registration process by providing us with current, complete and accurate
information as prompted by the applicable registration form. You also will
choose a password and a user name. You are entirely responsible for maintaining
the confidentiality of your password and account. Furthermore, you are entirely
responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account. You agree
to notify Microsoft immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any
other breach of security. Microsoft will not be liable for any loss that you
may incur as a result of someone else using your password or account, either
with or without your knowledge. However, you could be held liable for losses
incurred by Microsoft or another party due to someone else using your account
or password. You may not use anyone else's account at any time, without the
permission of the account holder.
NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE.
As a condition of your use of the Services, you will not use the Services for
any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and
notices. You may not use the Services in any manner that could damage, disable,
overburden, or impair any Microsoft server, or the network(s) connected to any
Microsoft server, or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of any
Services. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any Services,
other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to any Microsoft server
or to any of the Services, 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 through the Services.
USE OF SERVICES.
The Services may contain e-mail services, bulletin board services, chat areas,
news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, photo albums,
file cabinets and/or other message or communication facilities designed to
enable you to communicate with others (each a "Communication Service" and
collectively "Communication Services"). You agree to use the Communication
Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper
and, when applicable, related to the particular Communication Service. By way
of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using the
Communication Services, you will not: Use the Communication Services in
connection with surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk email,
spamming or any duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise).
Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights
(such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others. Publish, post, upload,
distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, obscene,
indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information. Upload, or otherwise
make available, files that contain images, photographs, software or other
material protected by intellectual property laws, including, by way of example,
and not as limitation, copyright or trademark laws (or by rights of privacy or
publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all
necessary consent to do the same. Use any material or information, including
images or photographs, which are made available through the Services in any
manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other
proprietary right of any party. Upload files that contain viruses, Trojan
horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, corrupted files, or any other similar
software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer or
property of another. Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services
for any business purpose, unless such Communication Services specifically
allows such messages. Download any file posted by another user of a
Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be
legally reproduced, displayed, performed, and/or distributed in such manner.
Falsify or delete any copyright management information, such as author
attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or
labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a
file that is uploaded. Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and
enjoying the Communication Services. Violate any code of conduct or other
guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service.
Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail
addresses. Violate any applicable laws or regulations. Create a false identity
for the purpose of misleading others. Use, download or otherwise copy, or
provide (whether or not for a fee) to a person or entity any directory of users
of the Services or other user or usage information or any portion thereof.
Microsoft has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However,
Microsoft reserves the right to review materials posted to the Communication
Services and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. Microsoft reserves
the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services
at any time, without notice, for any reason whatsoever. Microsoft reserves the
right at all times to disclose any information as Microsoft deems necessary to
satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request,
or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole
or in part, in Microsoft's sole discretion. Always use caution when giving out
any personally identifiable information about yourself or your children in any
Communication Services. Microsoft does not control or endorse the content,
messages or information found in any Communication Services and, therefore,
Microsoft specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication
Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication
Services. Managers and hosts are not authorized Microsoft spokespersons, and
their views do not necessarily reflect those of Microsoft. Materials uploaded
to the Communication Services may be subject to posted limitations on usage,
reproduction and/or dissemination; you are responsible for adhering to such
limitations if you download the materials.
MATERIALS PROVIDED TO MICROSOFT OR POSTED AT ANY MICROSOFT WEB SITE.
Microsoft does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to Microsoft
(including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any
Services or its associated services for review by the general public, or by the
members of any public or private community, (each a "Submission" and
collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting,
providing or submitting ("Posting") your Submission you are granting Microsoft,
its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your
Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses
(including, without limitation, all Microsoft Services), including, without
limitation, the license rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly
display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your
Submission; to publish your name in connection with your Submission; and the
right to sublicense such rights to any supplier of the Services. No
compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as
provided herein. Microsoft is under no obligation to post or use any Submission
you may provide and Microsoft may remove any Submission at any time in its sole
discretion. By Posting a Submission you warrant and represent that you own or
otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in these
Terms of Use including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to
provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions. In addition to the
warranty and representation set forth above, by Posting a Submission that
contain images, photographs, pictures or that are otherwise graphical in whole
or in part ("Images"), you warrant and represent that (a) you are the copyright
owner of such Images, or that the copyright owner of such Images has granted
you permission to use such Images or any content and/or images contained in
such Images consistent with the manner and purpose of your use and as otherwise
permitted by these Terms of Use and the Services, (b) you have the rights
necessary to grant the licenses and sublicenses described in these Terms of
Use, and (c) that each person depicted in such Images, if any, has provided
consent to the use of the Images as set forth in these Terms of Use, including,
by way of example, and not as a limitation, the distribution, public display
and reproduction of such Images. By Posting Images, you are granting (a) to all
members of your private community (for each such Images available to members of
such private community), and/or (b) to the general public (for each such Images
available anywhere on the Services, other than a private community), permission
to use your Images in connection with the use, as permitted by these Terms of
Use, of any of the Services, (including, by way of example, and not as a
limitation, making prints and gift items which include such Images), and
including, without limitation, a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free
license to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform,
reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Images without having your name
attached to such Images, and the right to sublicense such rights to any
supplier of the Services. The licenses granted in the preceding sentences for a
Images will terminate at the time you completely remove such Images from the
Services, provided that, such termination shall not affect any licenses granted
in connection with such Images prior to the time you completely remove such
Images. No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Images.
NOTICES AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.
Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), notifications of
claimed copyright infringement should be sent to Service Provider's Designated
Agent. ALL INQUIRIES NOT RELEVANT TO THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE WILL NOT RECEIVE A
RESPONSE. See Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement.
LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES. THE LINKS IN THIS AREA WILL LET YOU LEAVE
MICROSOFT'S SITE. THE LINKED SITES ARE NOT UNDER THE CONTROL OF MICROSOFT AND
MICROSOFT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENTS OF ANY LINKED SITE OR ANY LINK
CONTAINED IN A LINKED SITE, OR ANY CHANGES OR UPDATES TO SUCH SITES. MICROSOFT
IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WEBCASTING OR ANY OTHER FORM OF TRANSMISSION RECEIVED
FROM ANY LINKED SITE. MICROSOFT IS PROVIDING THESE LINKS TO YOU ONLY AS A
CONVENIENCE, AND THE INCLUSION OF ANY LINK DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT BY
MICROSOFT OF THE SITE. UNSOLICITED IDEA SUBMISSION POLICY. MICROSOFT OR ANY OF
ITS EMPLOYEES DO NOT ACCEPT OR CONSIDER UNSOLICITED IDEAS, INCLUDING IDEAS FOR
NEW ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS, NEW PROMOTIONS, NEW PRODUCTS OR TECHNOLOGIES,
PROCESSES, MATERIALS, MARKETING PLANS OR NEW PRODUCT NAMES. PLEASE DO NOT SEND
ANY ORIGINAL CREATIVE ARTWORK, SAMPLES, DEMOS, OR OTHER WORKS. THE SOLE PURPOSE
OF THIS POLICY IS TO AVOID POTENTIAL MISUNDERSTANDINGS OR DISPUTES WHEN
MICROSOFT'S PRODUCTS OR MARKETING STRATEGIES MIGHT SEEM SIMILAR TO IDEAS
SUBMITTED TO MICROSOFT. SO, PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR UNSOLICITED IDEAS TO
MICROSOFT OR ANYONE AT MICROSOFT. IF, DESPITE OUR REQUEST THAT YOU NOT SEND US
YOUR IDEAS AND MATERIALS, YOU STILL SEND THEM, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT MICROSOFT
MAKES NO ASSURANCES THAT YOUR IDEAS AND MATERIALS WILL BE TREATED AS
CONFIDENTIAL OR PROPRIETARY.
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The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the
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or by calling 1-800-R-U-LEGIT.
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