Terms of Use
This terms of use agreement (the “Agreement”) governs your use of the collection of research-based materials and other digital content (the “Collection”) available through the INPUT iCenter. When accessing an archived page, you will be presented with the terms of use agreement. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use the INPUT iCenter Collection or its Web site (the “Site”).
Access to the INPUT iCenter collection is provided at no cost to educational institutions and/or students and is granted for scholarship and research purposes only. Access to the INPUT iCenter’s Collection is provided at minimal cost to all other individuals or entities and is granted for research or archive purposes only.
The INPUT iCenter, at its sole discretion, may provide you access to the Collection, provided that you complete any required application process and provide accurate information in your application. You may access the Collection in ways consistent with this Agreement — no other access to or use of the Site, the Collection, or INPUT iCenter services is authorized. You agree not to interfere with the work of other users or INPUT iCenter personnel, servers, or resources. Further, you agree not to recirculate your password and resulting access to other people or organizations. We ask that you report any unauthorized use of your password promptly to our administrator via email.
You acknowledge that you have read and understand the INPUT iCenter’s Privacy Policy and agree that the INPUT iCenter may collect and use information pursuant to that policy. If you provide any content to the INPUT iCenter, you grant the INPUT iCenter a nonexclusive, royalty-free right to use that content.
Some of the content available through the INPUT iCenter may be governed by local, national, and/or international laws and regulations, and your use of such content is solely at your own risk. You agree to abide by all applicable laws and regulations, including intellectual property laws, in connection with your use of the INPUT iCenter. In particular, you certify that your use of any part of the INPUT iCenter Collection will be limited to non-infringing or fair use under copyright law. In using the INPUT iCenter site, Collection, and/or services, you further agree (a) not to violate anyone’s rights of privacy, (b) not to act in any way that might give rise to civil or criminal liability, (c) not to use or attempt to use another person’s password, (d) not to collect or store personal data about anyone, (e) not to infringe any copyright, trademark, patent, or other proprietary rights of any person, (f) not to transmit or facilitate the transmission of unsolicited email (“spam”), (g) not to harass, threaten, or otherwise annoy anyone, and (h) not to act in any way that might be harmful to minors, including, without limitation, transmitting or facilitating the transmission of child pornography, which is prohibited by federal law and may be reported to the authorities should it be discovered by the INPUT iCenter.
You agree that we may contact you from time to time with surveys or other questions regarding your opinions about and uses of the INPUT iCenter. We encourage you to respond to these surveys because we value your input, which will assist us in improving the INPUT iCenter.
In addition, we request that, according to standard academic practice, if you use information excerpted from the INPUT iCenter’s Collection for any research that results in an article, a book, or other publication, you list the INPUT iCenter as a resource in your bibliography in accordance with the following bibliographic accreditation; INPUT iCenter , [insert full report or article title], [insert year], [insert website address: inputicenter.com].
The INPUT iCenter may immediately terminate this Agreement at its sole discretion at any time upon written notice (including via email) to you. Upon termination, you agree that the INPUT iCenter may immediately deactivate access it has issued to you and bar you from accessing the Collection or the Site.
The INPUT iCenter may modify this Agreement from time to time, and your continued use of the Collection and/or the Site constitutes your acceptance of any and all modifications. The INPUT iCenter will attempt to notify you of substantial modifications via the email address that you have registered with us, if any.
The INPUT iCenter does not guarantee or warrant that the content available in the Collection is accurate, complete, non-infringing, or legally accessible in your jurisdiction, and you agree that you are solely responsible for abiding by all laws and regulations that may be applicable to the viewing of the content. In addition, the Collection are provided to you on an as-is and as-available basis. You agree that your use of the Site and the Collection is at your sole risk. You understand and agree that the INPUT iCenter makes no warranty or representation regarding the accuracy, currency, completeness, reliability, or usefulness of the content in the Collection, that the Site or the Collection will meet your requirements, that access to the Collection will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error free, or that defects, if any, will be corrected. We make no warranty of any kind, either express or implied.
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the INPUT iCenter, Information Services History (ISH) company, and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, officers, directors, and employees from and against any and all liability, loss, claims, damages, costs, and/or actions (including attorneys’ fees) arising from your use of INPUT iCenter content or services, the site, or the Collection. You agree that this Agreement is governed by California law and that any suit arising from this Agreement will be brought in San Francisco, California, and you further agree that on the election and reasonable notice of either party any litigation shall be referred to arbitration pursuant to the California Code of Civil Procedure, §§1280 et seq. In addition, you agree that should any provision in the Agreement be found invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, that provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions.
Under no circumstances, including, without limitation, negligence, shall the INPUT iCenter, Information Services History (ISH) company or its parents, affiliates, officers, employees, or agents be responsible for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising from or in connection with the use of or the inability to use the Site or the Collection, or any content contained on the Site or in the Collection, or resulting from unauthorized access to the Collection or your transmissions of data, including, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, use, data, or other intangibles, even if the INPUT iCenter has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so some of the above may not apply to you.
This Agreement, the Privacy Policy, and other policies posted on the Site constitute the full and complete agreement between you and the INPUT iCenter and Information Services History (ISH) company and are not intended to inure to third-party beneficiaries.
Privacy Policy
The INPUT iCenter (the “INPUT iCenter”) is committed to making its comprehensive collection of historic research documents and other forms of digital content (the “Collection”) freely available to researchers, historians, scholars, and others (“Researchers”) for purposes of benefit to the public. It is important for all who visit the site (“Visitors”) and Researchers (collectively, “Users”) to be aware of the open nature of the INPUT iCenter.
The INPUT iCenter may make changes to this policy from time to time and will notify you of such changes by posting an updated date in the Terms, Privacy, and Copyright link at the bottom the home page of the INPUT iCenter Web site (the “Site”). Your continued use of the Site and/or the Collection constitutes your acceptance of any changes to the Privacy Policy concerning, but not limited to, both previously and prospectively collected information.
In addition, the INPUT iCenter may collect the email addresses and messages of those who communicate with it via email or who enter email addresses in forms. The INPUT iCenter may collect personally identifiable information when a Researcher registers for access to the Collection, including the Researcher’s name and email address.
The INPUT iCenter may use “cookies” to track Users’ activities on the Site and in the Collection. Cookies are small files that a server transfers to the hard drive of someone who visits a site and that the server can access when the person returns to the site.
The primary source of content for the Collection is body of research-based work generated by INPUT analysts and employees spanning the years 1975 through 2000, however the INPUT iCenter reserves the right to expand such sources through acquisition of relevant materials from key industry participants and/or entities.
The communications between you and the INPUT iCenter may pass through many machines, operating systems, programs, browsers, Web servers, networks, routers, Ethernet switches, Internet service providers, proxy servers, intranets, the public phone system, or other devices (collectively, “Devices”) on your premises, at the INPUT iCenter, and in between. Some of these Devices create logs of activities that are recorded on computer systems.
The INPUT iCenter, at its discretion, may transfer the Collection to third parties, for any use, without limitation. For instance, parts of the Collection could be made available to the Collection of the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution.
The INPUT iCenter may disclose any information it collects from Users if the INPUT iCenter believes in good faith that such action is reasonably necessary to enforce its Terms of Use or other policies, to comply with the law, to comply with legal process, to operate its systems properly, or to protect the rights or property of itself, its Users, or others.