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1. Eligibility.
2. Incorporation by Reference.
3. Certain Rights of Scribd.
4. Authorization to Upload.
5. Prohibited Uses.
6. Grant of License to Scribd.
7. Grant of License to Other Scribd
Users.
8. Reservation of Rights.
9. Confidentiality.
10. Term and Termination.
11. Your Representations and
Warranties.
12. Scribd Disclaimer of
Warranties.
13. Relationship of the Parties;
Remedies Cumulative.
14. Support.
15. United States Export Controls.
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General Uploader Agreement
Jason
Updated 5 months ago
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, contact Scribd support.
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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