Columbia Earthscape License Agreement
Please return a signed copy of this license along with the registration form to Columbia University Press, columbia earthscape, 136 South Broadway, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York 10533 USA.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this agreement and upon verification of the information on the registration form and payment of the annual subscription fee, Columbia University Press grants to the licensed Institution a one-year, non-transferable license for access to all materials included in columbia earthscape. An authorized signature on this agreement indicates that the Institution has accepted the terms of this license.
Copyright of columbia earthscape is owned by Columbia University Press, except as noted otherwise on individual articles.
This license will cover access, during the twelve months for which the subscription fee has been paid, to the full database of columbia earthscape material during that period, including tables of contents, abstracts, and full texts of current year and prior-year issues, and to all search capabilities bundled with the database.
This license grants access to the Internet domain (range, or ranges, of IP addresses) of the Institution as specified on the registration form. This will allow an authorized user from an authorized IP address to have access to columbia earthscape. Users not at an authorized IP address will not have access to columbia earthscape. There are no limits on the number of users from the Institution that may use columbia earthscape at any one time. This license grants access solely to faculty (permanent or visiting), students and staff of the Institution, and on-site users of the Institution's library and campus computer networks; the Institution is responsible for undertaking reasonable measures to prevent access by unauthorized persons to its IP addresses.
This agreement does NOT permit use of columbia earthscape on more than one campus or sharing of this resource among a regional consortium. Columbia University Press reserves the right to refuse to grant a license to an Institution, claiming a range of IP addresses that, in the opinion of the Press, represents more than one campus.
Any authorized user may search, download, and save material included in columbia earthscape. Single printed copies of individual articles may be made for private use or research. Multiple copies may be made for classroom use, provided: that no charge is made for such copies, other than a nominal charge to cover the cost of reprography; that such copies are not made or distributed for commercial advantage; and that the copies bear the columbia earthscape copyright notice.
A user may transmit hard copies or electronic copies of the materials to anyone who is not a user authorized under this license provided such transmissions are not on a systematic basis.
Materials from columbia earthscape may not be recompiled, manipulated, used to prepare derivative works, or published in another format without written permission from Columbia University Press.
The Institution will not be held responsible for unauthorized use of columbia earthscape provided: such use is without the express or implied consent of the Institution; the Institution promptly notifies Columbia University Press of any such use of which it becomes aware; and the Institution takes all reasonable steps to cause cessation of such activity. The Institution agrees to cooperate with Columbia University Press in any investigation of such infringements or unauthorized uses. Columbia University Press shall have the sole right, at its expense, to bring any action on account of such infringements or unauthorized uses, provided that the Press will not bring an action against any unauthorized user without first consulting the Institution.
Institutions may use hard or electronic copies derived directly or indirectly from the electronic edition of the publications for the purpose of inter-library loan with the same limitations that apply to paper copies for that purpose made from the print edition of the journals. Specifically, copies must be made in compliance with Section 108 of the Copyright Act of the U.S. and with guidelines developed by the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU Guidelines), the text of which is available as part of U.S. Copyright Office Circular 21.
Columbia University Press does not warrant that columbia earthscape will be Usefully accessible in every hardware/software environment. Columbia University Press does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of any information contained in columbia earthscape, or its merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
Columbia University Press will have no liability to any person for any loss or damage arising out of use of, or inability to use, columbia earthscape. Columbia University Press shall make all reasonable efforts to make the server available to the Institution on a 24-hour basis, excluding normal network administration and system down time, but if access is suspended or interrupted, liability shall be limited to restoring access to the server as soon as practicable.
The license shall be for a minimum period of one year and shall automatically renew for subsequent periods of one year each unless Licensee terminates its subscription effective on the anniversary of the commencement date upon thirty days prior written notice. Annual subscription fees are due on the commencement date of each subsequent yearly term. Columbia University Press shall notify Licensee of the applicable subscription fee for each year in writing at least sixty days prior to the commencement date.
Columbia University Press shall notify Licensee of the applicable subscription fee for each year in writing at sixty days prior to the commencement date. Columbia University Press may terminate a subscription at any time on at least ninety days prior written notice; in the event of a termination other than on the anniversary of the commencement date, a pro rated refund of any prepaid subscription fees shall be issued to Licensee.
Columbia University Press may terminate this license for substantial or material breach of the agreement by providing the Institution with written notice in paper or electronic form. No refund will be provided upon such termination.
The invalidity of any provision of this license agreement as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction shall in no way invalidate any other provision hereof.
This agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of New York and the United States of America.
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| Date: | _______________________________________ |
Please return a signed copy of this license along with the registration form to Columbia University Press, columbia earthscape, 136 South Broadway, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York 10533 USA.