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Terms and Conditions for Use of this Web Site

By accessing or using any areas of Snowtide Informatics Systems' Web sites (including snowtide.com, pdftextstream.com, pdftextonline.com, and all related servers operated by Snowtide Informatics Systems, Inc.), you are bound by the terms and conditions set forth below, as well as the terms of our Privacy Policy. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THIS WEB SITE. We retain the right to modify these terms and conditions at any time by posting new terms and conditions on this page.

Permission to Use this Web Site

Many portions of this Web site are available for public viewing and use. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth on this page, our Privacy Policy, and the terms and conditions of any license or other agreement pursuant to which you use our products or services, Snowtide Informatics Systems, Inc. grants you permission to do the following: (i) view and use for intended purposes those portions of this Web site to which we have granted you access; (ii) make one complete, unaltered electronic copy and/or one complete, unaltered paper copy of any page on this Web site to which we have granted you access, provided you retain all copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights notices and that you use it solely for personal or internal business purposes and do not distribute or republish it; and (iii) obtain our products and sign up for our services, subject to payment of all applicable charges and agreement to the terms and conditions of any license agreement or other agreement associated with those products and services. Any other use of this Web site or its contents is prohibited without first obtaining written permission from Snowtide Informatics Systems, Inc.

Copyright, Trademarks and Other Proprietary Rights

This Web site contains text, data, software, photographs, graphics, videos, music, sounds and other information and material that is protected by state, national and international law pertaining to copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and other proprietary rights. Unless indicated otherwise, all of this content is the property of Snowtide Informatics Systems, Inc. and its licensors and affiliates, and Snowtide Informatics Systems and its licensors and affiliates reserve all rights with respect to this Web site's content, including, without limitation, all rights to copy, display, distribute, transmit, modify, remove, and create derivative works of it.

SNOWTIDE INFORMATICS SYSTEMS, PDFXSTREAM, PDFTEXTSTREAM, PDFTEXTONLINE, and the PDFxStream, PDFTextStream, and PDFTextOnline logos are trademarks of Snowtide Informatics Systems, Inc. Other trademarks, product names, company names and logos appearing on this Web site are the property of their respective owners. You must obtain permission from those owners before copying or using their trademarks, product names, company names or logos.

Linking, Framing, and Metatags

You may make referential links to any of the pages on this Web site that are not password protected. Please be aware that we continually update and revise our Web sites. We cannot guarantee that each page to which you may provide a link will remain available or that its content will remain the same.

You may not frame or otherwise use or display our Web sites or any of their contents in any way that might lead others to believe that they were created or are operated by you or any party other than Snowtide Informatics Systems.

You may not use any of Snowtide Informatics Systems' trademarks or any of the textual content of our Web sites as metatags in your own Web site, unless we have granted you a license explicitly permitting you to do so.

Communication via this Web Site

Whenever you communicate with Snowtide Informatics Systems or others using this Web site, including its forums and e-mail links, your communications are non-confidential. Snowtide Informatics Systems is free to use all information and feedback contained in your communications in any manner that is consistent with our Privacy Policy.

Third Party Statements and Opinions

Snowtide Informatics Systems is not responsible for any opinions, advice or statements made by third parties. Except as required by law, we have no obligation to monitor users' postings to our forums or to remove or retain forum content, although we reserve the right to do so.

Third Party Products, Services and Web Sites

Third parties may develop or provide tools, skins or other software applications or components, materials, data, content or other products or services for use with Snowtide Informatics Systems' products or services, some of which may be accessible on or via this Web site. Snowtide Informatics Systems makes no representation or warranty with respect to the quality, reliability or non-infringement of any third party product, service or material accessible on or via this Web site. Your rights with respect to third party products, services or data may be subject to the terms and conditions of separate agreements with the third parties providing them.

This Web site may contain links to third party Web sites. These links are provided solely as convenience to you. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, they are not intended as a certification or endorsement of the owner of the Web site, the Web site's content, or any products or services available on or via the Web site. Snowtide Informatics Systems does not control and is not responsible for linked Web sites, or any Web sites (other than our own) that are linked to them.

No Warranties

THIS WEB SITE AND ITS CONTENTS ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. SNOWTIDE INFORMATICS SYSTEMS, AND ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTROLLED OR CONTROLLING ENTITIES, BUSINESS PARTNERS, AGENTS, THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS, LICENSORS AND SUPPLIERS (COLLECTIVELY, "AFFILIATES"), MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ABOUT THIS WEB SITE OR ITS CONTENT, AND THEY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES REGARDING THIS WEB SITE AND ITS CONTENTS, INCLUDING, FOR EXAMPLE, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. By way of example and not limitation, neither Snowtide Informatics Systems nor its affiliates represent or warrant that use of this Web site or its contents will be uninterrupted or error-free; nor do they make any representations or warranties regarding (i) the results that may be obtained from use of this Web site or its content; (ii) the accuracy, completeness, reliability, currency or future availability of any information on this Web site; (iii) the availability or quality of any products or services distributed on or provided through this Web site (except as may be set forth in any license or other agreement related to those products or services); or (iv) the results that may be obtained from use of any third-party Web sites that are linked to this Web site.

Limitation of Liability

EXCEPT AS MAY BE PROVIDED IN A SEPARATE WRITTEN LICENSE OR OTHER AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND SNOWTIDE INFORMATICS SYSTEMS PERTAINING TO SNOWTIDE INFORMATICS SYSTEMS' PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, NEITHER SNOWTIDE INFORMATICS SYSTEMS NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO USE OF THIS WEB SITE OR ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES DISTRIBUTED ON OR PROVIDED THROUGH THIS WEB SITE, WHETHER AS A RESULT OF ERRORS, OMISSIONS, LOSS OF DATA, DEFECTS, VIRUSES, INTERRUPTIONS OR DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, OR OTHER CAUSES. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY WILL APPLY REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL THEORIES UNDER WHICH RELIEF IS SOUGHT AND EVEN IF SNOWTIDE INFORMATICS SYSTEMS AND/OR ITS AFFILIATES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THE LOSSES OR DAMAGES ALLEGEDLY SUFFERED. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Export and Import Restrictions

This Web site is controlled and operated by Snowtide Informatics Systems from its offices within the United States. Snowtide Informatics Systems makes no representation that the products, services and other materials available through this Web site are appropriate or available for use in other countries, and access to them from countries where their contents or use is illegal is prohibited.

Miscellaneous Terms and Conditions

The terms and conditions contained on this page apply generally to your access to and use of this Web site and our products and services. Some of these terms and conditions may be modified or superseded by expressly designated legal notices located on other pages of this Web site or by the terms and conditions of the licenses or other agreements pursuant to which you obtain products or services from Snowtide Informatics Systems. A specific provision in any of those notices, licenses or agreements that addresses the same subject matter as a provision on this page overrides the provision on this page.

No delay or failure to take any action or exercise any right that Snowtide Informatics Systems may take or exercise pursuant to these terms and conditions or applicable law will constitute a waiver of that action or right by Snowtide Informatics Systems.

Any litigation arising out of or related to your access to or use of this Web site will be brought in the United States District Court or the Massachusetts Superior Court (or equivalent) for the division in which Snowtide's principal offices are then located. By accessing or using this Web site, you submit to the personal jurisdiction of these courts and waive all objections to placing venue before them. The prevailing party in any litigation will be entitled, in addition to any other relief granted to it, to recover reasonable attorney's fees, expenses and costs incurred in connection with the litigation.

The terms and conditions contained on this page will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA, without regard to any of its choice of law rules that might lead to application of the law of another jurisdiction. If any of the terms or conditions contained on this page are determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, then the remaining terms and conditions will remain in full force and effect, and the invalid or unenforceable term or condition will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable term or condition that matches the practical effect of the original provision as closely as possible.