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In this article General Uploader Agreement

1. Eligibility. Jason
2. Incorporation by Reference. Updated 1 month ago

3. Certain Rights of Scribd.

4. Authorization to Upload. PLEASE READ THIS UPLOADER AGREEMENT (“AGREEMENT”) CAREFULLY BEFORE
UPLOADING CONTENT (“USER CONTENT”) TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO USERS OF
5. Prohibited Uses.
SCRIBD.
6. Grant of License to Scribd.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, YOU CANNOT UPLOAD, PUBLISH, OR
7. Grant of License to Other Scribd
DISTRIBUTE, USER CONTENT ON SCRIBD.
Users.
8. Reservation of Rights.
1. Eligibility.
9. Confidentiality.
10. Term and Termination. In order to upload User Content to Scribd, You must: (i) register for a Scribd account
(Your "Account”); (ii) be at least 18 years of age (or the age of majority in your place
11. Your Representations and
of residence if it is other than 18) and if You are uploading User Content to Scribd on
Warranties.
behalf of an organization, You must be an authorized representative of such
12. Scribd Disclaimer of organization with the authority to bind such organization to these terms and agree
Warranties. to these terms on behalf of such organization; and (iii) Your Scribd Account must be
13. Relationship of the Parties; active and in good standing (among other things, this means that Your account
Remedies Cumulative. cannot be restricted or suspended). Scribd reserves the right to refuse or revoke Your
access at any time, at its sole discretion, with out cause and without notice to You.
14. Support.

15. United States Export Controls. 2. Incorporation by Reference.

The following additional Scribd terms, policies, and guidelines are expressly
incorporated herein and form a binding part of this Agreement as if reproduced fully
herein:

1. General Terms of Use

2. Privacy Policy

Unless defined in this Agreement, all capitalized terms used in this Agreement have
the meaning given in our General Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

3. Certain Rights of Scribd.

Scribd will solely control all features and functionality of the Site and App and will
have the right to modify, change, or amend the same at all times, at its sole
discretion. Scribd reserves the right to remove or delete User Content at any time,
at its sole discretion, without cause and without notice to You.

4. Authorization to Upload.
Subject to Your full and timely compliance with all of the terms and conditions set
out in this Agreement, Scribd hereby authorizes You to upload and distribute
authorized digital content, including electronic documents. User Content is
uploaded at Your own risk. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Scribd
neither guarantees against unauthorized copying or distribution of User Content
nor will Scribd be liable for any unauthorized copying or usage of the User Content.

5. Prohibited Uses.
Your authorization to use Scribd for the uploading and distribution of User Content is
subject to the following restrictions:

(i) You may not share, copy, adapt, redistribute, reconfigure, modify, create
derivative works from, resell, profit from, or otherwise exploit content accessed
on the Site and App, other than as permitted by Scribd; or

(ii) You may not act in any way that violates Scribd's Terms of Use, Prohibited
Activity and Content Notice, any other Guidelines, or any other agreement
between Scribd and Yourself, or engage in any action or practice that disparages
or devalues Scribdʼs reputation or goodwill.

You acknowledge that any attempted or actual violation of any of the foregoing is a
material breach of this Agreement and that Scribd may pursue any and all applicable
legal and equitable remedies against You, including an immediate suspension of Your
account or termination of this Agreement, and the pursuit of all available civil or
criminal remedies.

6. Grant of License to Scribd.

By uploading User Content to Scribd, you hereby grant to Scribd a worldwide, non-
exclusive, transferable, assignable, fully paid-up, royalty-free, license (with the right
to grant and authorize sublicenses) to host, transfer, display, perform, reproduce,
translate, distribute, compress or convert for distribution (including but not limited
to facilitating accessibility to the visually or hearing impaired), monetize, charge
money for, restrict access to view, restrict access to download, advertise against,
create derivative works from, train machine learning, large language, or other
statistical or data models of Scribd or other authorized third parties, and otherwise
exploit Your User Content, in any media formats and through any media channels, in
order to publish and promote such User Content, either alone or in combination
with User Content of other Scribd users, in connection with services o ered or to be
o ered by Scribd. Such license will apply to any form, media, or technology now
known or herea er developed. You grant Scribd the right to restrict access to view or
to download your User Content (for example, without limitation, to paying users)
and to charge users for access to your User Content, subject to certain configuration
options provided to you by Scribd. Subject to the terms and limitations set forth
herein, you may terminate this grant of license to Scribd as to any specific piece of
User Content by removing or deleting that piece of User Content from the Services;
provided, however, that it is understood and agreed that Scribd or third parties may
retain a copy of any User Content as necessary for legal or archival purposes.

7. Grant of License to Other Scribd Users.

By uploading User Content to Scribd, you hereby grant to each User who is
authorized to access Your User Content a non-exclusive license to access and use Your
User Content under the terms indicated by You when You uploaded such User
Content. Notwithstanding the foregoing, You hereby grant to each such User at
least a limited, non-exclusive, license to view, download (including, without
limitation, download to a portable device, but subject to download restrictions
either made by Scribd or by you), print and have printed such User Content for
personal use in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the Services The
foregoing license granted by You terminates as to a specific piece of User Content
once You remove or delete such User Content from Scribd, provided that User rights
to such User Content arising out of distributions occurring on or prior to deletion of
such User Content from the Services survive any termination or expiration of the
license granted in this section 7.

8. Reservation of Rights.
Subject to the licenses granted herein, You retain all of Your ownership rights in User
Content uploaded and owned by You.

9. Con dentiality.
You agree not to disclose the Confidential Information of Scribd without Scribdʼs
prior written consent. For the purposes of this section, “Confidential Information”
includes without limitation: (a) so ware, technology, specifications, guidelines,
documentation or other materials relating to Scribd; and (b) any other information
designated by Scribd as "confidential" or an equivalent designation, whether orally
or in writing.

10. Term and Termination.

10.1 Term. The term of this Agreement will begin on the date You upload Your
User Content and will continue until terminated in accordance with the
provisions set forth in this Section 10 (the “Term”).

10.2 Termination. Scribd may, at its discretion and without cause, liability, or
prior notice to You, immediately terminate this Agreement, Your Scribd Account,
or suspend Your Scribd upload privileges at any time. You may terminate this
Agreement either by cancelling your Scribd Account and removing the content,
or by providing Scribd with written notification of intended termination
through electronic mail at support@scribd.com. This Agreement will be
deemed terminated by You fi een (15) business days a er Scribdʼs receipt of such
notification.

10.3 E ect of Termination. Upon termination of this Agreement, any provision

which, by its nature or express terms, should survive will survive such
termination or expiration.

10.4 Retiring User Content. If You choose to remove or delete Your User Content
from Scribd it will not be available to Users following the date of such removal
or deletion (the “Deletion Date”). Users who have downloaded o line copies of
Your User Content (including, without limitation to Scribdʼs Mobile
Applications), may continue to access that content.

11. Your Representations and Warranties.

You are solely responsible for Your User Content and the consequences of uploading
and publishing them. By uploading and publishing Your User Content, You represent
and warrant that:

(i) all of the information that You provide to Scribd under this Agreement is
current and accurate;

(ii) You are the creator and owner of or have the necessary licenses, rights,
consents, releases and permissions to use and to authorize Scribd and Scribdʼs
Users to use Your User Content in the manner permitted herein;

(iii) Your User Content does not and will not slander, defame, or libel any other
party, violate any other partyʼs publicity rights or trade secret rights, be
obscene, or otherwise unlawful;

(iv) Your User Content does not and will not violate Scribd's General Terms of
Use, Prohibited Activity and Content Notice, or any other policy governing User
Content or User behavior;

(v) You have not entered into any other agreement that is in conflict with the
terms of this Agreement;

(vi) Your User Content does not contain any viruses, adware, spyware, worms, or
other malicious code;

(vii)Your User Content is free of any digital rights management, including any
so ware designed to limit the number of times User Content may be copied or
played; and

(viii) no claim has been asserted nor have any proceedings been instituted by any
third party against You or Your predecessors in title for the infringement of
intellectual property rights in Your User Content.

12. Scribd Disclaimer of Warranties.

In addition to the warranties disclaimed in the General Terms of Use, Scribd
expressly disclaims any warranty that the security measures used to protect User
Content used by Scribd herein will be e ective. Scribd makes no assurances that such
security measures will withstand attempts to evade security mechanisms or that
there will be no cracks, disablements or other circumvention of such security
measures.

13. Relationship of the Parties; Remedies

Cumulative.
The parties are independent contractors with respect to each other. This
Agreement does not constitute and may not be construed as constituting a
partnership or joint venture among the parties hereto, or an employee-employer
relationship. No party shall have any right to obligate or bind any other party in any
manner whatsoever, and nothing herein contained shall give, or is intended to give,
any rights of any kind to any third parties. Rights and remedies provided in this
Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any right or remedy provided at law
or in equity.

14. Support.
For assistance with questions regarding this Agreement, contact Scribd support.
Responses will be provided as soon as possible.

15. United States Export Controls.

You shall not at any time upload any User Content that requires licenses or
authorizations from any Government agencies. Relevant U.S. regulations include but
 are not limited to the State Departmentʼs International Tra ic in Arms
Regulations and the Commerce Departmentʼs Export Administration Regulations.
You shall not post any ITAR-controlled technical data and other applicable
information, including any o icial Department of Defense documents, on Scribd.com
that have not been authorized for public release by the appropriate Government
agency. It is your responsibility to ensure that you comply with these laws and do
not post any item on Scribd.com that is not authorized for public release under the
applicable laws, regulations and restrictions. Your rights under these Terms are
contingent on Your compliance with this provision.

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