The following terms and conditions govern all use of the LearnScripture.net website and all content, services and products available at or through the website (hereafter, “the Website”). The Website is offered subject to your acceptance without modification of all of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other operating rules, policies (including, without limitation, LearnScripture.net's Privacy Policy) and procedures that may be published from time to time on this Website by LearnScripture.net (collectively, the “Agreement”).
Please read this Agreement carefully before using the Website. By using any services of the Website, you agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access the Website or use any services. If these terms and conditions are considered an offer by LearnScripture.net, acceptance is expressly limited to these terms.
Children
Children under the age of 13 may not create an account on LearnScripture.net. Children wishing to use LearnScripture.net can only do so if their parent or legal guardian creates an account using their own email address and allows the child to use it. No personal information of the child (such as real name or email address) may be submitted to the Website, and children may not add Content (such as verse sets with descriptions) to the Website.
Responsibility of Contributors
If you post material to the Website, you are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content. By making Content available, you represent and warrant that:
- the copying and use of the Content will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark or trade secret rights, of any third party;
- if your employer has rights to intellectual property you create, you have either (i) received permission from your employer to post or make available the Content, including but not limited to any software, or (ii) secured from your employer a waiver as to all rights in or to the Content;
- you have fully complied with any third-party licenses relating to the Content, and have done all things necessary to successfully pass through to end users any required terms;
- the Content is not spam, is not machine- or randomly-generated, and does not contain unethical or unwanted commercial content designed to drive traffic to third party sites or boost the search engine rankings of third party sites, or to further unlawful acts (such as phishing) or mislead recipients as to the source of the material (such as spoofing);
- the Content is not pornographic or obscene, does not contain threats or incite violence towards individuals or entities, and does not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party;
- the Content is respectful towards our statement of faith and to people holding those beliefs, and does not contain inflammatory material regarding views not covered by the statement of faith;
- the Content is appropriate for the aims of the Website, namely to promote the memorization of the Bible;
By submitting Content to LearnScripture.net for inclusion on our Website, you grant LearnScripture.net a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the Content. If you delete Content, LearnScripture.net will use reasonable efforts to remove it from the Website, but you acknowledge that caching or references to the Content may not be made immediately unavailable. Additionally, the Website will inform in advance of situations where deletion of content is not possible or against policy.
Without limiting any of those representations or warranties, LearnScripture.net has the right (though not the obligation) to, in LearnScripture.net’s sole discretion (i) refuse or remove any content that, in LearnScripture.net’s reasonable opinion, violates any LearnScripture.net policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable, or (ii) terminate or deny access to and use of the Website to any individual or entity for any reason, in LearnScripture.net’s sole discretion. LearnScripture.net will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid.
Responsibility of Website Users
LearnScripture.net has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material posted to the Website, and cannot therefore be responsible for that material’s content, use or effects. By operating the Website, LearnScripture.net does not represent or imply that it endorses the material there posted, or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful or non-harmful. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself from any harmful or destructive content. While we attempt to moderate content in accordance with our policies, the Website may contain content that is offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors. The Website may also contain material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or the downloading, copying or use of which is subject to additional terms and conditions, stated or unstated. LearnScripture.net disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by visitors of the Website.
Content Posted on Other Websites
We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, made available through the websites and webpages to which LearnScripture.net links, and that link to LearnScripture.net. LearnScripture.net does not have any control over those websites and webpages, and is not responsible for their contents or their use. By linking to an external website or webpage, LearnScripture.net does not represent or imply that it endorses such website or webpage. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. LearnScripture.net disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from your use of external websites and webpages.
Copyright Infringement
As LearnScripture.net asks others to respect its intellectual property rights, it respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material located on or linked to by LearnScripture.net violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify LearnScripture.net. LearnScripture.net will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material. LearnScripture.net will terminate a user’s ability to post content to the Website if, under appropriate circumstances, the user is determined to be a repeat infringer of the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of LearnScripture.net or others. In the case of such termination, LearnScripture.net will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid to LearnScripture.net.
Copyright and Intellectual Property
This Agreement does not transfer from LearnScripture.net to you any LearnScripture.net or third party intellectual property, and all right, title and interest in and to such property will remain (as between the parties) solely with LearnScripture.net. The LearnScripture.net logo and other Website content provided LearnScripture.net remains under our copyright.
Other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Website may be the trademarks of other third parties. Your use of the Website grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any LearnScripture.net or third-party trademarks.
This Agreement does not transfer to you any rights to copyrighted works made available by this Website, including but not limited to the Bible translations available for learning.
Changes
LearnScripture.net reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace any part of this Agreement. It is your responsibility to check this Agreement periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the Website following the posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes acceptance of those changes. LearnScripture.net may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the Website (including, the release of new tools and resources). Such new features and/or services shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Termination
LearnScripture.net may terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your LearnScripture.net account (if you have one), you may simply discontinue using the Website. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you have a paid account, service can only be terminated by LearnScripture.net if you materially breach this Agreement and fail to cure such breach within thirty (30) days from LearnScripture.net’s notice to you thereof; provided that, LearnScripture.net can terminate the Website immediately as part of a general shut down of our service. All provisions of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.
Disclaimer of Warranties
The Website is provided “as is”. LearnScripture.net and its suppliers and licensors hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Neither LearnScripture.net nor its suppliers and licensors, makes any warranty that the Website will be error free or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted. You understand that you obtain content or services through the Website at your own discretion and risk.
Limitation of Liability
In no event will LearnScripture.net, or its suppliers or licensors, be liable with respect to any subject matter of this agreement under any contract, negligence, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement for substitute products or services; (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data; or (iv) for any amounts that exceed the fees paid by you to LearnScripture.net under this agreement during the twelve (12) month period prior to the cause of action. LearnScripture.net shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond their reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.
General Representation and Warranty
You represent and warrant that (i) your use of the Website will be in strict accordance with the LearnScripture.net Privacy Policy, with this Agreement and with all applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation any local laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United Kingdom or the country in which you reside) and (ii) your use of the Website will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless LearnScripture.net, its contractors, and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of your use of the Website, including but not limited to your violation of this Agreement.
Miscellaneous
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between LearnScripture.net and you concerning the subject matter hereof, and they may only be modified by a written amendment signed by an authorized executive of LearnScripture.net, or by the posting by LearnScripture.net of a revised version. Except to the extent applicable law, if any, provides otherwise, this Agreement, any access to or use of the Website will be governed by the laws of the United Kingdom. If any part of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, that part will be construed to reflect the parties’ original intent, and the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect. A waiver by either party of any term or condition of this Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, will not waive such term or condition or any subsequent breach thereof. You may assign your rights under this Agreement to any party that consents to, and agrees to be bound by, its terms and conditions; LearnScripture.net may assign its rights under this Agreement without condition. This Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.
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