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This License Agreement is between THE BUREAU OF NATIONAL AFFAIRS, INC.,
1231 25th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037, and/or a wholly-owned
subsidiary of BNA including TAX MANAGEMENT INC., and BNA INTERNATIONAL,
INC., referred to collectively as "BNA," and the licensee, UNIVERSITY
OF WISCONSIN LAW SCHOOL ("Licensee").
This Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions applicable to Licensee's
access to, and use of, the BNA publications listed on the Order Form (referred
to as "Licensed Materials"), including all databases, software,
and/or materials contained within the Licensed Materials and accompanying
documentation and/or manuals.
Access to and/or use of the Licensed Materials will constitute acceptance
of all terms and conditions. If you do not agree with the terms and conditions
stated herein, immediately contact BNA to discontinue access (Licensee
Relations, telephone: 1-800-372-1033, e-mail: customercare@bna.com).
1. License. Licensee has purchased the type of license specified in the
Order Form (or may have access to the Licensed Materials under an agreement
with a third party information provider, the terms of which are incorporated
herein). BNA grants to Licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited
right to access and use the Licensed Materials according to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement. This license shall be effective during
the term of Licensee's subscription to the Licensed Materials as set forth
on the Order Form (or, if access is authorized under an information provider
agreement, during the term of such agreement), and during any subsequent
renewal terms. Licensee is solely responsible for selecting, purchasing,
installing and maintaining the equipment and other software necessary
to use the Licensed Materials.
2. Licensee. The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall apply to
Licensee and each Authorized User. Licensee will use best efforts to inform
all Authorized Users of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Licensee
will cooperate with any investigation into possible breach of terms and
conditions of use.
3. Authorized Users. The term "Authorized Users" shall include
full-time and part time, current, or visiting members of the faculty,
library staff and currently enrolled students, who are permitted to access
the Licensee's secure computer network system ("Network"), regardless
of physical location of such person(s). Authorized Users shall also include
other persons, e.g., walk-ins, who are permitted to use the Licensee's
library and access the Network from computer terminals located on the
library premises. Licensee shall use reasonable efforts to maintain records
of use by such authorized persons.
LICENSEE SHALL NOTIFY ALL AUTHORIZED USERS OF THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE
AGREEMENT THROUGH A "CLICK-THROUGH" LICENSE THAT APPEARS ONLINE
EACH TIME THE LICENSED MATERIALS IS ACCESSED. THE LICENSE TERMS WILL BE
CONSIDERED ACCEPTED WHEN THE AUTHORIZED USER CLICKS ON A SPECIFIC BUTTON
TO ACCESS AND DISPLAY THE PUBLICATION.
4. Payment. Licensee will be billed at the beginning of the subscription
term, or as otherwise specified, and an invoice for the electronic subscriptions
will be sent by BNA to one (1) designated billing address.
Within sixty (60) days after signing this Agreement, Licensee must notify
BNA of existing BNA subscriptions that need to be canceled as a result
of this Agreement. If timely notice is given, payments made on the unfulfilled
portion of these subscriptions will be applied to amounts owed under this
Agreement.
All subscription fees listed on the Order Form are exclusive of taxes
and charges for replication, telecommunication, software and hardware.
It is the responsibility of the Licensee to promptly provide BNA with
its tax exemption documentation.
Payment is due to BNA within forty-five (45) days of the invoice date.
After sixty-five (65) days, interest will be assessed at the rate of 1%
per month. BNA also may terminate Licensee's access to the Publications
without further notice if payment, or written notice of a payment dispute
has not been acknowledged by Licensee, is not received within sixty (60)
days of the invoice date.
5. Renewals. BNA reserves the right to revise its renewal prices at any
time; renewal prices will be included on License renewal invoice. Licensee's
payment of the renewal invoice will constitute acceptance of the renewal
price and subscription that will continue to be governed by the terms
of this Agreement unless both parties agree to any further changes. The
conditions of payment described in section 4 shall apply to payment of
renewal invoices.
6. Copyright.
a. The Licensed Materials contains proprietary material of BNA that is
protected by copyright and other laws respecting proprietary rights. The
Licensed Materials also may contain similarly protected licensed proprietary
material of NextPage, American Medical Association or other suppliers
("Licensors"). BNA retains all rights in the Licensed Materials,
including (without limitation) all copyright and other proprietary rights
worldwide in all media. Licensee and all Authorized Users may not use
the Licensed Materials except as expressly permitted under this Agreement,
the BNA Copyright Guidelines, and under U.S. copyright laws. Any routine
and/or systematic redistribution of any portion of the Licensed Materials
is expressly prohibited other than agreed upon in this contract. On or
before the subscription start date, BNA agrees to make the BNA Copyright
Guidelines available to all Authorized Users within the organization through
its website, http://www.bna.com/corp/copyright. BNA reserves the right
to revise the BNA Copyright Guidelines at any time.
b. Authorized Users may access the Licensed Materials for their individual
use, i.e., may view the Licensed Materials on screen; may download or
save the Licensed Materials to a computer disk for individual convenience
and later reference; and may print paper copies for individual, educational,
or research use only. If BNA is properly credited, Authorized Users may,
on an occasional basis, reproduce and use small portions of material in
the Licensed Materials for internal or interoffice use, coursework for
educational or research use, court filings by student legal clinics and/or
classroom use as provided for under United States copyright law fair use
provisions. Unless otherwise authorized by BNA, any routine or systematic
distribution of any portion of the Publications(s) is strictly prohibited.
c. The rights granted here are an expansion of the rights granted under
the Copyright Act and do not include any rights to reproduce in its entirety
any portion of the Licensed Materials or materials contained therein.
No part of the Licensed Materials may be duplicated in any medium or format
beyond the express
terms of this Agreement without prior written authorization from BNA,
1231 25th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037, Attention: Permissions Manager
(e-mail: permissions@bna.com). Nothing in this license shall exclude,
modify or affect any of the licensee rights under the U.S. copyright law.
d. The Licensed Materials may be used for purposes of research, education
or other non-commercial use as follows:
Display. Licensee and Authorized Users shall have the right to electronically
display the Licensed Materials.
Digitally Copy. Licensee and Authorized Users may download and digitally
copy the Licensed Materials as permitted under section 6.a. of this Agreement.
Print Copy. Licensee and Authorized Users may print the Licensed Materials
as permitted under section 6.a. of this Agreement.
Recover Copying Costs. Licensee may charge a reasonable fee to cover
costs of copying or printing portions of Licensed Materials for Authorized
Users.
Archival/Backup Copy. Upon request of Licensee, Licensee may receive
from Licensor and/or create one (1) copy of the entire set of Licensed
Materials for the sole purpose of maintaining an archival copy of the
Licensed Materials.
Course Packs. Licensee and Authorized Users may use a reasonable portion
of the Licensed Materials in the preparation of Course Packs.
Electronic Reserve. Licensee and Authorized Users may use a reasonable
portion of the Licensed Materials for use in connection with specific
courses of instruction offered by Licensee.
Electronic Links. Licensee may provide electronic links to the Licensed
Materials from Licensee's web page(s), and is encouraged to do so in ways
that will increase the usefulness of the Licensed Materials to Authorized
Users.
Caching. Licensee and Authorized Users may make such local digital copies
of the Licensed Materials as are necessary to ensure efficient use by
Authorized Users by appropriate browser or other software.
Scholarly Sharing. On an occasional basis, Authorized Users may transmit
to a third party colleague in hard copy or electronically, minimal, insubstantial
amounts of the Licensed Materials for personal use or scholarly, educational,
or scientific research or professional use but in no case for re-sale,
broad distribution, or on a routine or systematic basis. In addition,
Authorized Users have the right to use, with appropriate credit, figures,
tables and brief excerpts from the Licensed Materials in the Authorized
User's own scientific, scholarly and educational works.
Interlibrary Loan. Licensee may fulfill requests from other institutions,
a practice commonly called Interlibrary Loan. Licensee agrees to fulfill
such requests in compliance with Section 108 of the United States Copyright
Law (17 USC § 108, "Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction
by libraries and archives") and clause 3 of the Guidelines for the
Proviso of Subsection 108(g)(2) prepared by the National Commission on
New Technological Uses of Copyright Works. Licensee agrees to provide
the copy in print form and not electronically.
Licensee acknowledges that the Licensed Materials are highly proprietary
in nature and that unauthorized copying, transfer or use may cause BNA
or its licensors irreparable injury that cannot be adequately compensated
for by means of monetary damages. Licensee agrees that any breach of this
Agreement by Licensee, or any subscriber or Authorized User, may be enforced
by BNA by means of equitable relief (including, but not limited to, injunctive
relief) in addition to any other available rights and remedies.
e. The Licensed Materials may incorporate the search and retrieval software
"Views" and/or the Internet display software "siteDirector."
Views and siteDirector are proprietary products of NextPage which has
made its software available under license to BNA. Use of Views and siteDirector
is subject to all terms and conditions in this Agreement. (Some Licensed
Materials also may include Physicians' Current Procedural Terminology,
Fourth Edition ("CPT") under copyright of the American Medical
Association (AMA"). All notices of proprietary rights, including
trademark and copyright in CPT, must appear on all permitted copies of
CPT or portions thereof made by Licensee under this license. Future updated
versions of CPT are dependent upon continuing contractual relations between
BNA and AMA. Responsibility for any National Correct Coding Policy included
in the Licensed Materials is with the Health Care Financing Administration
and no endorsement by the AMA is intended or should be implied.)
7. Restrictions.
a. Licensee may not and may not permit others to: reproduce, publish,
distribute, sell, or otherwise access or use any material retrieved from
or contained in the Licensed Materials in any manner whatsoever that may
infringe any copyright or proprietary interest of BNA or its licensors;
distribute the information contained in the Licensed Materials to other
users not duly authorized to receive the Licensed Materials; distribute,
rent, sublicense, lease, transfer, assign or otherwise make commercial
use of the Licensed Materials or Agreement; decompile, disassemble, or
otherwise reverse-engineer this Licensed Materials, or alter, translate,
modify, or adapt it to create derivative works. The use of "framing"
or other means of redirecting content is specifically prohibited by the
foregoing. Unauthorized reproduction, transfer, and/or use may be a violation
of criminal as well as civil law.
b. Except as expressly permitted under this Agreement, Licensee is expressly
prohibited from placing or installing any portion of the Licensed Materials
on any electronic media, including, but not limited to, individual desktop
computers, local or wide area networks, timesharing services, multiple
processing units, multiple site arrangements, service or software rental
bureaus, list servers, online services, electronic bulletin boards or
forums, World Wide Web sites or any other server that is Internet enabled,
without written authorization by BNA.
c. Unauthorized Use. Licensee shall not knowingly permit anyone other
than Authorized Users to use the Licensed Materials.
d. Modification of Licensed Materials. Licensee shall not modify or create
a derivative work of the Licensed Materials without the prior written
permission of Licensor.
e. Removal of Copyright Notice. Licensee may not remove, obscure or modify
any copyright or other notices included in the Licensed Materials.
f. Commercial Purposes. Licensee may not use the Licensed Materials for
commercial purposes, including, but not limited to, the sale of the Licensed
Materials or bulk reproduction or distribution of the Licensed Materials
in any form.
8. Licensor Performance Obligations
a. Availability of Licensed Materials. Within fifteen (15) days of execution
of this Agreement, Licensor shall make the Licensed Materials available
to Licensee and Authorized Users.
b. Support. Licensor will offer its standard activation or installation
support. Licensor will offer its standard continuing support to assist
Licensee and Authorized Users in use of the Licensed Materials.
c. Training. Licensor will provide appropriate training to Licensee staff
relating to the use of the Licensed Materials and any Licensor software.
d. Quality of Service. Licensor shall use reasonable efforts to ensure
that the Licensor's server or servers have sufficient capacity and rate
of connectivity to provide the Licensee and its Authorized Users with
a quality of service comparable to current standards in the on-line information
provision industry in the Licensee's locale.
e. If the Licensed Materials fail to operate in conformance with the
terms of this Agreement, Licensee shall immediately notify Licensor, and
Licensor shall use reasonable efforts to restore access to the Licensed
Materials as soon as practical or extend the subscription term accordingly.
In the event that Licensor fails to repair the nonconformity in a reasonable
time, Licensor shall, in its sole discretion, reimburse Licensee in an
amount that the nonconformity is proportional to the total fees owed by
Licensee under this Agreement, or appropriately extend the subscription
term.
f. Notification of Modifications of Licensed Materials. Licensee understands
that from time to time the Licensed Materials may be added to, modified,
or deleted from by Licensor and/or that portions of the Licensed Materials
may migrate to other formats. Licensor shall give the same notice of any
such changes to Licensee as it does with the other subscribers.
g. Compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act. Licensor shall comply
with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
9. Licensee Performance Obligations
a. Provision of Notice of License Terms to Authorized Users. Licensee
shall provide Authorized Users with appropriate notice of the terms and
conditions under which access to the Licensed Materials is granted under
this Agreement including, in particular, any limitations on access or
use of the Licensed Materials as set forth in this Agreement.
b. Protection from Unauthorized Use. Licensee shall use reasonable efforts
to protect the Licensed Materials from any use that is not permitted under
this Agreement. In the event of any unauthorized use of the Licensed Materials
by an Authorized User, (a) Licensor may terminate such Authorized User's
access to the Licensed Materials, (b) Licensor may terminate the access
of the Internet Protocol ("IP") address(es) from which such
unauthorized use occurred, and/or (c) Licensee shall terminate such Authorized
User's access to the Licensed Materials upon Licensor's request. Licensor
shall take none of the steps described in this paragraph without first
providing reasonable notice to Licensee (in no event less than thirty
(30) days) and cooperating with the Licensee to avoid recurrence of any
unauthorized use.
c. Maintaining Confidentiality of Access Passwords. Where access to the
Licensed Materials is to be controlled by use of passwords, Licensee shall
issue log-on identification numbers and passwords to each Authorized User
and use reasonable efforts to ensure that Authorized Users do not divulge
their numbers and passwords to any third party. Licensee shall also maintain
the confidentiality of any institutional passwords provided by Licensor.
10. Mutual Performance Obligations
a. Confidentiality of User Data and Pricing. Licensor and Licensee agree
to maintain the confidentiality of any data relating to the usage of the
Licensed Materials by Licensee and its Authorized Users. Such data may
be used solely for purposes directly related to the Licensed Materials
and may only be provided to third parties in aggregate form. Raw usage
data, including but not limited to information relating to the identity
of specific users and/or uses, shall not be provided to any third party.
Licensee agrees to keep the pricing terms of this Agreement strictly confidential
and agrees to not disclose, either directly or indirectly, the pricing
terms of this Agreement.
b. Implementation of Developing Security Protocols. Licensee and Licensor
shall cooperate in the implementation of security and control protocols
and procedures as they are developed during the term of this Agreement.
11. Termination for Cause
a. In the event that either party believes that the other materially
has breached any obligations under this Agreement, or if Licensor believes
that Licensee has exceeded the scope of the License, such party shall
so notify the breaching party in writing. The breaching party shall have
thirty (30) days from the receipt of notice to cure the alleged breach
and to notify the non-breaching party in writing that cure has been effected.
If the breach is not cured within the thirty (30) days, the non-breaching
party shall have the right to terminate the Agreement without further
notice.
b. Upon termination of this Agreement for cause, online access to the
Licensed Materials by Licensee and Authorized Users shall be terminated.
Authorized print copies of Licensed Materials may be retained by Licensee
or Authorized Users and used subject to the terms of this Agreement. c.
In the event of termination by Licensee for cause, Licensee shall be entitled
to a refund of any fees or pro-rata portion thereof paid by Licensee for
any remaining period of the Agreement from the date of termination.
12. Limited Warranty.
Licensor warrants that it has the right to license the rights granted
under this Agreement to use Licensed Materials and that it has obtained
any and all necessary permissions from third parties to license the Licensed
Materials. Except for the express warranties stated herein, the Licensed
Materials are provided on an "as is" basis, and Licensor disclaims
any and all other warranties, conditions, or representations (express,
implied, oral or written), relating to the Licensed Materials or any part
thereof, including, without limitation, any and all implied warranties
of quality, accuracy, completeness, currency, performance, merchantability
or fitness for a particular purpose. BNA DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE LICENSED
MATERIALS ARE ERROR-FREE IN CONTENT. Licensor makes no warranties respecting
any harm that may be caused by the transmission of a computer virus, worm,
time bomb, logic bomb or other such computer program. Licensor further
expressly disclaims any warranty or representation to Authorized Users,
or to any third party.
13. Indemnification
a. BNA will indemnify and hold Customer harmless and will defend or settle
any claim, suit or proceeding brought against Customer that is based upon
a claim that the content contained in the Licensed Products infringe a
United States copyright or violate an intellectual or proprietary right
protected by United States law ("Claim"), but only to the extent
the Claim arises directly out of the use of the Licensed Products. Customer
shall notify BNA in writing of any Claim within ten (10) calendar days
after Customer first receives notice of the Claim, and Customer shall
provide to BNA at no cost with such assistance and cooperation as BNA
may reasonably request from time to time in connection with the defense
of the Claim; provided, however, that failure by Customer to give notice
within the 10-day period shall not relieve BNA of its obligations unless
such failure is material to BNA's ability to defend the claim. BNA shall
have sole control over any Claim (including without limitation the selection
of counsel and the right to settle on behalf of Customer on any terms
BNA deems desirable in the sole exercise of its discretion). Customer
may, at its sole cost, retain separate counsel and participate in the
defense or settlement negotiations. BNA shall pay actual damages and costs
awarded against Customer (or payable by Customer pursuant to a settlement
agreement) in connection with a Claim. If the Licensed Products or their
use become subject of a Claim or their use is enjoined, or if in the opinion
of BNA's legal counsel the Licensed Products are likely to become the
subject of a Claim, BNA shall attempt to resolve the Claim by using commercially
reasonable efforts to modify the Licensed Products or obtain a license
to continue using the Products. If in the opinion of BNA's legal counsel
the Claim, injunction, or potential Claim cannot be resolved through reasonable
modification or licensing, BNA, at its own election, may terminate the
Electronic License Agreement without penalty, and will refund to Customer
on a pro rata basis any fees paid in advance by Customer to BNA. BNA shall
have no obligation under this provision, if the Claim is based on a combination
of material, content, products or software not provided by BNA. THE FOREGOING
CONSTITUTES BNA's SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE LIABILITY FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INFRINGEMENT.
b. To the extent allowed by/under law, each party shall indemnify and
hold the other harmless for any losses, claims, damages, awards, penalties,
or injuries incurred by any third party, including reasonable attorney's
fees, which arise from any alleged breach of such indemnifying party's
representations and warranties made under this Agreement, provided that
the indemnifying party is promptly notified of any such claims. The indemnifying
party shall have the sole right to defend such claims at its own expense.
The other party shall provide, at the indemnifying party's expense, such
assistance in investigating and defending such claims as the indemnifying
party may reasonably request. This indemnity shall survive the termination
of this Agreement.
14. Limitations on Damages
NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,
PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF
DATA, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR LOSS OF PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF THE USE
OF OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE LICENSED MATERIALS. LICENSOR MAKES NO REPRESENTATION
OR WARRANTY, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE
CONTENT OF ANY LICENSED MATERIALS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ERRORS
OR OMISSIONS CONTAINED THEREIN, LIBEL, INFRINGEMENT OF RIGHTS OF PUBLICITY,
PRIVACY, TRADEMARK RIGHTS, MORAL RIGHTS, OR THE DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION.
IF THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS ARE HELD TO BE UNENFORCEABLE, BNA'S LIABILITY
FOR DAMAGES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT TO LICENSEE OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY
SHALL IN ANY EVENT NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF FEES PAID BY LICENSEE FOR
THE LICENSED MATERIALS.
15. Additional Matters.
a. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the Licensee's state.
b. Force Majeure. Neither party shall be liable in damages or have the
right to terminate this Agreement for any delay or default in performing
hereunder if such delay or default is caused by conditions beyond its
control including, but not limited to Acts of God, Government restrictions
(including the denial or cancellation of any export or other necessary
license), wars, insurrections and/or any other cause beyond the reasonable
control of the party whose performance is affected.
c. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
of the parties and supersedes all prior communications, understandings
and agreements relating to the subject matter hereof, whether oral or
written.
d. Amendment. No modification or claimed waiver of any provision of this
Agreement shall be valid except by written amendment signed by authorized
representatives of Licensor and Licensee.
e. Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall
be held to be invalid, illegal, unenforceable or in conflict with the
law of any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
f. Waiver of Contractual Right. Waiver of any provision herein shall
not be deemed a waiver of any other provision herein, nor shall waiver
of any breach of this Agreement be construed as a continuing waiver of
other breaches of the same or other provisions of this Agreement.
g. Notices. All notices given pursuant to this Agreement shall be in
writing and may be hand delivered, or shall be deemed received within
5 business days after mailing if sent by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested. If any notice is sent by facsimile, confirmation
copies must be sent by mail or hand delivery to the specified address.
Either party may from time to time change its Notice Address by written
notice to the other party.
h. Assignment. Licensee may not assign or sublicense this Agreement without
BNA's prior written consent.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement effective
as of the subscription start date.
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