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Intellectual Property
This website is owned and copyrighted by NatureServe. The content featured or displayed on the website, including, but not limited to, still images, maps, map data, text, pictorial works, video images, still images of video, graphic designs, audio recordings, multimedia combinations, and computer programs, including web-based programs ("Content") is owned by NatureServe or used with permission of the copyright holder.
Pursuant to the copyright and trademark laws of the United States, you agree:
- That you may only download Content that NatureServe designates as offered for download and will comply with any terms and conditions for that particular Content as applicable (see “Data Use Terms and Citation Guidelines” for more information).
- To not reproduce, distribute, modify, re-post on another site (regardless of the server on which the Content is stored), or sell any Content without explicit permission from NatureServe.
- To maintain any and all copyright or other proprietary notices embedded in or attached to any Content.
- Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512, notifications of claimed copyright infringement on the Site should be sent to our designated agent. If you believe that your work has been used in a way that may constitute copyright infringement, please provide NatureServe's designated agent the following information:
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- A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
NatureServe’s designated agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on our websites is:
Courtney Ravert
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Liability
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Trademark Notice
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Copyright Notice
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Miscellaneous
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Any and all disputes, with the exception of copyright claims, arising out of, under or in connection with these Terms, including without limitation, its validity, interpretation, performance, or breach, shall be settled by final and binding arbitration in Arlington, VA, pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Judgment upon any award rendered may be entered in the highest court of the forum, state or federal, having jurisdiction. This agreement, its validity and effect, shall be interpreted under and governed by the laws of the state of Virginia, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions, and you agree that the arbitrators shall award all costs of arbitration, including reasonable attorneys' fees plus legal rate-of-interest, to the successful party. Copyright claims shall be brought in the Federal court having jurisdiction. If you are an agent for or an employee of a non-U.S. company but operate in a place of business in the U.S. or its territories, you expressly agree that any dispute regarding this contract shall be adjudicated within the U.S. in the manner described here. If NatureServe is obligated to go to court, rather than arbitration, to enforce any of its rights, you agree to reimburse NatureServe for its respective legal fees, costs, and disbursements if NatureServe is successful.