Terms and Policies

General Uploader Agreement

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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 offered or to be offered by Scribd. Such license will apply to any form, media, or
technology now known or hereafter 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. Confidentiality.
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) software, 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 fifteen (15) business days after Scribd’s receipt of such notification.
10.3 Effect 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 offline 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 software 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 effective. 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 Traffic 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 official 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.