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General Uploader
Agreement
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Updated 2 years ago

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PLEASE READ THIS UPLOADER AGREEMENT

(“AGREEMENT”) CAREFULLY BEFORE
UPLOADING CONTENT (“USER CONTENT”)
TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO USERS OF
SCRIBD.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, YOU

CANNOT UPLOAD, PUBLISH, OR DISTRIBUTE,
USER CONTENT ON SCRIBD.

1. Eligibility.
In order to upload User Content to Scribd, You
must: (i) register for a Scribd account (Your
"Account”); (ii) be at least 18 years of age (or
the age of majority in your place of residence if
it is other than 18) and if You are uploading
User Content to Scribd on behalf of an
organization, You must be an authorized
representative of such organization with the
authority to bind such organization to these
terms and agree to these terms on behalf of
such organization; and (iii) Your Scribd
Account must be active and in good standing
(among other things, this means that Your
account cannot be restricted or suspended).
Scribd reserves the right to refuse or revoke
Your access at any time, at its sole discretion,
with out cause and without notice to You.

2. Incorporation by
Reference.
The following additional Scribd terms,
policies, and guidelines are expressly
incorporated herein and form a binding part of
this Agreement as if reproduced fully herein:

1. General Terms of Use

2. Privacy Policy

Unless defined in this Agreement, all

capitalized terms used in this Agreement have
the meaning given in our General Terms of Use
and Privacy Policy.

3. Certain Rights of Scribd.

Scribd will solely control all features and
functionality of the Site and App and will have
the right to modify, change, or amend the
same at all times, at its sole discretion. Scribd
reserves the right to remove or delete User
Content at any time, at its sole discretion,
without cause and without notice to You.

4. Authorization to Upload.
Subject to Your full and timely compliance
with all of the terms and conditions set out in
this Agreement, Scribd hereby authorizes You
to upload and distribute authorized digital
content, including electronic documents. User
Content is uploaded at Your own risk.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, Scribd neither guarantees against
unauthorized copying or distribution of User
Content nor will Scribd be liable for any
unauthorized copying or usage of the User
Content.

5. Prohibited Uses.
Your authorization to use Scribd for the
uploading and distribution of User Content is
subject to the following restrictions:

(i) You may not share, copy, adapt,

redistribute, reconfigure, modify, create
derivative works from, resell, profit from,
or otherwise exploit content accessed on
the Site and App, other than as permitted
by Scribd; or

(ii) You may not act in any way that

violates Scribd's Terms of Use, Prohibited
Activity and Content Notice, any other
Guidelines, or any other agreement
between Scribd and Yourself, or engage in
any action or practice that disparages or
devalues Scribd’s reputation or goodwill.

You acknowledge that any attempted or actual

violation of any of the foregoing is a material
breach of this Agreement and that Scribd may
pursue any and all applicable legal and
equitable remedies against You, including an
immediate suspension of Your account or
termination of this Agreement, and the pursuit
of all available civil or criminal remedies.

6. Grant of License to
Scribd.
By uploading User Content to Scribd, you
hereby grant to Scribd a worldwide, non-
exclusive, transferable, assignable, fully paid-
up, royalty-free, license (with the right to grant
and authorize sublicenses) to host, transfer,
display, perform, reproduce, distribute,
compress or convert for distribution,
monetize, charge money for, restrict access to
view, restrict access to download, advertise
against, and otherwise exploit Your User
Content, in any media formats and through
any media channels, in order to publish and
promote such User Content in connection with
services o!ered or to be o!ered by Scribd.
Such license will apply to any form, media, or
technology now known or herea"er
developed. You grant Scribd the right to
restrict access to view or to download your
content (for example, without limitation, to
paying users) and to charge users for access to
your content, subject to certain configuration
options provided to you by Scribd. Subject to
the terms and limitations set forth herein, you
may terminate this grant of license to Scribd
as to any specific piece of User Content by
removing or deleting that piece of User
Content from the Services; provided, however,
that it is understood and agreed that Scribd
may retain a copy of any User Content as
necessary for legal or archival purposes.

7. Grant of License to Other

Scribd Users.
By uploading User Content to Scribd, you
hereby grant to each User who is authorized to
access Your User Content a non-exclusive
license to access and use Your User Content
under the terms indicated by You when You
uploaded such User Content.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, You hereby
grant to each such User at least a limited, non-
exclusive, license to view, download
(including, without limitation, download to a
portable device, but subject to download
restrictions either made by Scribd or by you),
print and have printed such User Content for
personal use in the manner contemplated by
this Agreement and the Services The foregoing
license granted by You terminates as to a
specific piece of User Content once You
remove or delete such User Content from
Scribd, provided that User rights to such User
Content arising out of distributions occurring
on or prior to deletion of such User Content
from the Services survive any termination or
expiration of the license granted in this section
7.

8. Reservation of Rights.
Subject to the licenses granted herein, You
retain all of Your ownership rights in User
Content uploaded and owned by You.

9. Con!dentiality.
You agree not to disclose the Confidential
Information of Scribd without Scribd’s prior
written consent. For the purposes of this
section, “Confidential Information” includes
without limitation: (a) so"ware, technology,
specifications, guidelines, documentation or
other materials relating to Scribd; and (b) any
other information designated by Scribd as
"confidential" or an equivalent designation,
whether orally or in writing.

10. Term and Termination.

10.1 Term. The term of this Agreement
will begin on the date You upload Your
User Content and will continue until
terminated in accordance with the
provisions set forth in this Section 10 (the
“Term”).

10.2 Termination. Scribd may, at its

discretion and without cause, liability, or
prior notice to You, immediately
terminate this Agreement, Your Scribd
Account, or suspend Your Scribd upload
privileges at any time. You may terminate
this Agreement either by cancelling your
Scribd Account and removing the content,
or by providing Scribd with written
notification of intended termination
through electronic mail at
support@scribd.com. This Agreement
will be deemed terminated by You fi"een
(15) business days a"er Scribd’s receipt of
such notification.

10.3 E!ect of Termination. Upon

termination of this Agreement, any
provision which, by its nature or express
terms, should survive will survive such
termination or expiration.

10.4 Retiring User Content. If You choose

to remove or delete Your User Content
from Scribd it will not be available to
Users following the date of such removal
or deletion (the “Deletion Date”). Users
who have downloaded o!line copies of
Your User Content (including, without
limitation to Scribd’s Mobile
Applications), may continue to access that
content.

11. Your Representations

and Warranties.
You are solely responsible for Your User
Content and the consequences of uploading
and publishing them. By uploading and
publishing Your User Content, You represent
and warrant that:

(i) all of the information that You provide

to Scribd under this Agreement is current
and accurate;

(ii) You are the creator and owner of or

have the necessary licenses, rights,
consents, releases and permissions to use
and to authorize Scribd and Scribd’s
Users to use Your User Content in the
manner permitted herein;

(iii) Your User Content does not and will

not slander, defame, or libel any other
party, violate any other party’s publicity
rights or trade secret rights, be obscene,
or otherwise unlawful;

(iv) Your User Content does not and will

not violate Scribd's General Terms of Use,
Prohibited Activity and Content Notice, or
any other policy governing User Content
or User behavior;

(v) You have not entered into any other

agreement that is in conflict with the
terms of this Agreement;

(vi) Your User Content does not contain

any viruses, adware, spyware, worms, or
other malicious code;

(vii)Your User Content is free of any digital

rights management, including any
so"ware designed to limit the number of
times User Content may be copied or
played; and

(viii) no claim has been asserted nor have

any proceedings been instituted by any
third party against You or Your
predecessors in title for the infringement
of intellectual property rights in Your User
Content.

12. Scribd Disclaimer of

Warranties.
In addition to the warranties disclaimed in the
General Terms of Use, Scribd expressly
disclaims any warranty that the security
measures used to protect User Content used
by Scribd herein will be e!ective. Scribd
makes no assurances that such security
measures will withstand attempts to evade
security mechanisms or that there will be no
cracks, disablements or other circumvention
of such security measures.

13. Relationship of the

Parties; Remedies
Cumulative.
The parties are independent contractors with
respect to each other. This Agreement does
not constitute and may not be construed as
constituting a partnership or joint venture
among the parties hereto, or an employee-
employer relationship. No party shall have any
right to obligate or bind any other party in any
manner whatsoever, and nothing herein
contained shall give, or is intended to give, any
rights of any kind to any third parties. Rights
and remedies provided in this Agreement are
cumulative and not exclusive of any right or
remedy provided at law or in equity.

14. Support.
For assistance with questions regarding this
Agreement, send an email
to support@scribd.com. Responses will be
provided as soon as possible.

15. United States Export

Controls.
You shall not at any time upload any User
Content that requires licenses or
authorizations from any Government
agencies. Relevant U.S. regulations include
but are not limited to the State
Department’s International Tra!ic in Arms
Regulations and the Commerce Department’s
Export Administration Regulations. You shall
not post any ITAR-controlled technical data
and other applicable information, including
any o!icial Department of Defense
documents, on Scribd.com that have not been
authorized for public release by the
appropriate Government agency. It is your
responsibility to ensure that you comply with
these laws and do not post any item on
Scribd.com that is not authorized for public
release under the applicable laws, regulations
and restrictions. Your rights under these
Terms are contingent on Your compliance with
this provision.

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