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Terms of Use
gre.at Terms of Use last updated: 26 Sep 2007, 6:27 PM Singapore Time

Welcome to gre.at. Great Online Pte Ltd and gre.at's website (the website which the domain gre.at points to), its subsidiary and successors, and assigns are collectively referred to as "gre.at". gre.at is an online marketplace for registered members to trade products and services related to intelletual properties. gre.at's services help each individual user locate, retrieve and manage information tailored to his or her personal interests. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new Products and Services (as defined below), including the addition of new gre.at properties shall be subject to these Terms of Use. 

gre.at makes available a variety of products and services (collectively, the "Products and Services") subject to these General Terms of Use ("Terms of Use"). When you are using any service or product on gre.at that does not have a separate legal agreement, the Terms of Use set forth here will apply. gre.at also may supplement the Terms of Use with posted guidelines or rules applicable to specific areas of gre.at. In addition, gre.at also may offer other services from time to time that are governed by the terms of service of the respective service partners. 

Because the Terms of Use contain legal obligations, please read them carefully. 

Please direct any legal questions to: legal@gre.at

1. ACCEPTANCE

By using the Products and Services, you agree, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by, and to comply with, these Terms of Use and any other posted guidelines or rules applicable to any individual gre.at webpage, Product or Service. All such guidelines and rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the Terms and Conditions. 

2. CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ON USE

Use of the Products and Services is subject to compliance with these Terms of Use. You acknowledge and agree that gre.at may terminate your access to gre.at or to any of the Products and Services should you fail to comply with the Terms of Use or any other guidelines and rules published by gre.at. Any such termination shall be in gre.at's sole discretion and may occur without prior notice, or any notice. gre.at further reserves the right to terminate any user's access to gre.at or to any of the Products and Services for any conduct that gre.at, in its sole discretion, believes is or may be directly or indirectly harmful to other users, to gre.at or its subsidiaries, affiliates, or business contractors, or to other third parties, or for any conduct that violates any local, state, federal, or foreign laws or regulations. gre.at further reserves the right to terminate any user's access to gre.at or to any of the Products and Services for any reason or for no reason at all, in gre.at's sole discretion, without prior notice, or any notice. 

gre.at does not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, or any other protected status. 

3. REGISTRATION AND PRIVACY

Certain of the Products and Services will require the user to register and provide certain data. In consideration of use of such Products and Services, in registering and providing such data, you represent and warrant that: (a) the information about yourself is true, accurate, current, and complete (apart from optional items) as required by various gre.at registration forms ("Registration Data") and (b) you will maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or gre.at has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, gre.at has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Products and Services. 

All gre.at registrations become the exclusive property of gre.at, its affiliates and subsidiaries. gre.at reserves the right to use and reuse all registration and other personally identifiable user information subject to the gre.at Privacy Policy. Users may edit, update, alter or obscure their personally identifiable information at any time by following the instructions located in the gre.at Privacy Policy. 

Click here to review the complete gre.at Privacy Policy.

4. RESPONSIBILITY FOR MINORS

In cases where you have authorized a minor to use the Products and Services, you recognize that you are fully responsible for: (i) the online conduct of such minor; (ii) controlling the minor's access to and use of the Products and Services; and (iii) the consequences of any misuse by the minor. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOME AREAS OF gre.at MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR MINORS. 

5. USER CONDUCT

Upon registering, you will receive a password and ID. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and ID, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or ID. You agree to (a) immediately notify gre.at of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. gre.at cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this requirement.

You acknowledge and agree that all information, code, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, pictures, graphics, video, chat, messages, files, or other materials ("Content"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from which such Content originated. This means that you, and not gre.at, are entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, email or otherwise transmit via the Products and Services. gre.at does not control the user or third party Content posted via the Products and Services, and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such user or third party Content. You acknowledge and Agree that by using the Products and Services, you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will gre.at be liable in any way for any user or third party Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any such Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any such Content posted, emailed or otherwise transmitted via the Products and Services. As a general matter, gre.at does not pre-screen user or third party Content posted on gre.at, except for certain areas where gre.at employs certain automated screening software, although gre.at reserves the right to do so. gre.at does not guarantee that any screening will be done to your satisfaction or that any screening will be done at all. gre.at reserves the right to monitor some, all, or no areas of the Products and Services for adherence to these Terms of Use or any other rules or guidelines posted by gre.at.

Prohibited Conduct

You agree that you will not use gre.at Products and Services to:

  1. Upload, post, email, otherwise transmit, or post links to any Content, or select any member or user name or email address, that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, libelous, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, hateful, or racially, sexually, ethnically or otherwise objectionable.
  2. Upload, post, email, otherwise transmit, or post links to any Content that promotes illegal activity, including without limitation the provision of instructions for illegal activity.
  3. Upload, post, email, otherwise transmit, or post links to any Content that exploits the images of children under 18 years of age, or that discloses personally identifying information belonging to children under 18 years of age.
  4. Harm minors in any other way.
  5. Make any sexual request on behalf of a minor or make any sexual request of a minor.
  6. "Stalk" or otherwise harass another.
  7. Collect or store personally identifying information about other users for commercial or unlawful purposes.
  8. Impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a gre.at official, employee, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
  9. Employ misleading email addresses or falsify information in the header, footer, return path, or any part of any communication, including emails, transmitted through the Products and Services.
  10. Upload, post, email, otherwise transmit, or post links to any Content that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or regulation or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, or proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements).
  11. Upload, post, email, or otherwise transmit, or post links to any Content that facilitates hacking.
  12. Upload, post, email, otherwise transmit, or post links to any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, service mark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights ("Rights") of any party, or contributing to inducing or facilitating such infringement. This prohibition shall include, without limitation, the following forms of software piracy:
    1. Making available copyrighted software or other Content that has had the copyright protection removed.
    2. Making available serial numbers for software that can be used to illegally validate or register software.
    3. Making available tools that can be used for no purpose other than for "cracking" software or other copyrighted Content.
    4. Making available any software files for which the user does not own the copyright or have the legal right to make available.
  13. Upload, post, email, otherwise transmit, or post links to any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation, except in those areas that are designated for such purpose.
  14. Upload, post, email, otherwise transmit, or post links to any material that contains software viruses, worms, trojan horses, time bombs, trap doors or any other computer code, files or programs or repetitive requests for information designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment or to diminish the quality of, interfere with the performance of, or impair the functionality of the Products and Services or gre.at.
  15. Use automated means, including additional computers, software and scripts, to enhance play in gre.at games and promotions.
  16. Use automated means, including spiders, robots, crawlers, or the like to download data from any gre.at database.
  17. Conduct your own contests and promotions.
  18. Upload, post, email, otherwise transmit, or post links to any Content regarding any raffle, contest or game requiring a fee by participants.
  19. Modify, publish, transmit, transfer or sell, reproduce, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, link, display or in any way exploit any Content from any gre.at database, including, without limitation, by incorporating data from any gre.at database into any e-mail or "white pages" products or serviced, whether browser-based, based on proprietary client-site applications, web-based, or otherwise.
  20. Sell, distribute, or make any commercial use of data obtained from any gre.at database or make any other use of data from any gre.at database in a manner which could be expected to offend the person for whom the data is relevant.
  21. Create and maintain a gre.at web page as storage for remote loading, or as a door or signpost to another homepage.
  22. Create and maintain a gre.at web page that contains hyperlinks to content not permitted on gre.at.
  23. Disrupt the normal flow of dialogue in a chat room, cause a screen to "scroll" faster than other users of the Products and Services are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in real time exchanges.
  24. Interfere with or disrupt the Products and Services or servers or networks connected to the Products and Services, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Products and Services, including without limitation gre.at Chat hosts.
  25. Intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, including, but not limited to, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any national or other securities exchange, including, without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having the force of law.
  26. Use the Products or Services to sell, purchase, or offer to sell or purchase any registered or unregistered securities.
  27. Upload, post, email, otherwise transmit, or post links to any material that is false, misleading, or designed to manipulate any equity, security, or other market.
  28. Disobey any gre.at Chat hosts or other gre.at employee or representative or interfere with any action by any gre.at Chat host or other gre.at employee or representative to redress any violation of these Terms of Use.
  29. Access the Products and Services after your account or access has been terminated by gre.at.
  30. Fail to complete any transaction after submitting an order to purchase any goods or services from individual Merchants in gre.at Shop or from any seller in gre.at Auctions, subject to the individual Merchant's or seller's Terms of Use governing such transactions.
  31. Submit any order to purchase goods or services from individual Merchants in gre.at Shop or from any seller in gre.at Auctions where you do not intend to complete the transaction.
  32. Purchase any goods or services that you are prohibited from purchasing or possessing by any law applicable to you in your jurisdiction. The responsibility for ensuring compliance with all such laws shall be the user's alone. By submitting an order to purchase goods or services, you represent and warrant that you have the legal right to purchase such goods or services.
  33. Use any software deployed in connection with the Products and Services to process data as a service to other entities without the express written consent of gre.at or the party from whom such software may be licensed.
  34. Decompile, disassemble, modify, translate, adapt, reverse engineer, create derivative works from, or sublicense any software deployed in connection with the Products and Services.
  35. Engage in manipulative bidding through gre.at Auctions, such as by making bids solely for the purpose of instigating other bidders to withdraw bids and then retracting your bid to bid at a lower price or by using multiple accounts to drive up bidding on items you are offering for sale.
  36. Advertise, offer for sale, or sell any item you are prohibited from advertising or selling by any applicable local, state, national, or international law, including regulations having the force of law.
  37. Upload, post, email, otherwise transmit, or post links to any material, or act in any manner, that is offensive to gre.at or the spirit of these Terms of Use.
  38. Advertise, offer for sale, or sell any of the following items:
  • Any firearms, explosives, or weapons.
  • Any food that is not packaged or does not comply with all laws governing the sale of food to consumers by commercial merchants.
  • Any alcoholic beverages.
  • Any tobacco products for human consumption, including, without limitation, cigarettes and cigars.
  • Any items that are indecent or obscene, that are hateful or racially, sexually, ethnically or otherwise objectionable, that contain child pornography, that are otherwise pornographic in nature, or are harmful to minors.
  • Any controlled substances or pharmaceuticals.
  • Any items that are counterfeit or stolen.
  • Any dangerous items.
  • Any goods or services that do not, in fact, exist.
  • Any registered or unregistered securities.
  • Any items that violate or infringe the rights of other parties.
  • Any items that you do not have the legal right to sell.
  • Any items where paying gre.at any of the required transactional or listing fees would cause gre.at to violate any law.

You acknowledge and agree that gre.at and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation), in their sole discretion, to refuse to publish, remove, or block access to any Content that is available via the Products and Services at any time, for any reason, or for no reason at all, with or without notice. Without limitation gre.at and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation), in their sole discretion, to refuse to publish, remove, or block access to any Content that violates the Terms of Use or is otherwise objectionable as determined by gre.at, in its sole discretion. gre.at may also terminate access to, or membership in, gre.at, or any portion thereof, for violating these Terms of Use. You acknowledge and agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content. In this regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any Content created by or obtained through the use of gre.at, including without limitation information in Chat, Message Boards, Clubs, and in all other parts of gre.at Products and Services.

You expressly acknowledge and agree that gre.at may preserve Content and may also disclose Content if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the Terms of Use; (c) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third-parties; or (d) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of gre.at, its users and the public. You acknowledge and agree that the technical processing and transmission of the Products and Services, including your Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. You further acknowledge and agree that other data collected and maintained by gre.at with regard to its users may be disclosed in accordance with gre.at's Privacy Policy.

gre.at also may suspend or terminate any user account for any Product or Service because of user inactivity. For example, a gre.at account may be terminated or suspended if no one visits the booths in that account for an extended period of time; please see gre.at Booth Help section for more information regarding gre.at Booth 's policies concerning account termination. What is considered "user inactivity" varies depending on the Product or Service. If one of your accounts is suspended or terminated for inactivity, your right to use such Product or Service immediately ceases.

6.  DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," WITH NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER. ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS, ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, gre.at DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES FOR THE SECURITY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, gre.at DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES FOR OTHER SERVICES OR GOODS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OR RECEIVED THROUGH ANY LINKS PROVIDED IN THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, AS WELL AS FOR ANY INFORMATION OR ADVICE RECEIVED THROUGH THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OR THROUGH ANY LINKS PROVIDED IN THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. gre.at SIMILARLY DISCLAIMS, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY WARRANTIES FOR ANY INFORMATION OR ADVICE OBTAINED THROUGH THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT gre.at DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR THE ACCURACY, CONTENT, COMPLETENESS, LEGALITY, RELIABILITY, OR OPERABILITY OR AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION OR MATERIAL IN THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. gre.at DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DELETION, FAILURE TO STORE, MISDELIVERY, OR UNTIMELY DELIVERY OF ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL. gre.at DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY HARM RESULTING FROM DOWNLOADING OR ACCESSING ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL THROUGH THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR HARM CAUSED BY VIRUSES OR SIMILAR CONTAMINATION OR DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. gre.at MAKES NO WARRANTY REGARDING THE RELIABILITY OR ACCESSIBILITY OF FVDB WEB PAGES OR ANY STORAGE FACILITIES OFFERED BY gre.at.

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS IN THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH MATERIAL.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties. In such jurisdictions, the foregoing disclaimers may not apply to you insofar as they relate to implied warranties.

7.  LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL gre.at BE LIABLE TO ANY USER ON ACCOUNT OF THAT USER'S USE OR MISUSE OF AND RELIANCE ON THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. SUCH LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO PREVENT RECOVERY OF DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES (EVEN IF gre.at HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES). SUCH LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY WHETHER THE DAMAGES ARISE FROM USE OR MISUSE OF AND RELIANCE ON THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, FROM INABILITY TO USE THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, OR FROM THE INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION, OR TERMINATION OF THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (INCLUDING SUCH DAMAGES INCURRED BY THIRD PARTIES).

SUCH LIMITATION SHALL ALSO APPLY WITH RESPECT TO DAMAGES INCURRED BY REASON OF OTHER SERVICES OR GOODS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OR RECEIVED THROUGH ANY LINKS PROVIDED IN THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, AS WELL AS BY REASON OF ANY INFORMATION OR ADVICE RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OR RECEIVED THROUGH ANY LINKS PROVIDED IN THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. SUCH LIMITATION SHALL APPLY, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TO THE COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, LOST PROFITS, OR LOST DATA. SUCH LIMITATION SHALL APPLY WITH RESPECT TO THE PERFORMANCE OR NON-PERFORMANCE OF THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OR ANY INFORMATION OR MERCHANDISE THAT APPEARS ON, OR IS LINKED OR RELATED IN ANY WAY TO, gre.at. SUCH LIMITATION SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY. SUCH LIMITATION SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

SUCH LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL ALSO APPLY TO ANY DAMAGE CAUSED BY LOSS OF ACCESS TO, DELETION OF, FAILURE TO STORE, FAILURE TO BACK UP, OR ALTERATION OF FVDB WEB PAGES OR OTHER CONTENT STORED THROUGHT gre.at. WITH RESPECT TO PREMIUM gre.at MEMBERS, gre.at'S ENTIRE LIABILITY, IF ANY, SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUM FVDB'S MOST RECENT MEMBERSHIP FEE PAYMENT. 

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL gre.at BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DELAY OR FAILURE IN PERFORMANCE RESULTING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM ACTS OF NATURE, FORCES, OR CAUSES BEYOND ITS REASONABLE CONTROL, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INTERNET FAILURES, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT FAILURES, TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT FAILURES, OTHER EQUIPMENT FAILURES, ELECTRICAL POWER FAILURES, STRIKES, LABOR DISPUTES, RIOTS, INSURRECTIONS, CIVIL DISTURBANCES, SHORTAGES OF LABOR OR MATERIALS, FIRES, FLOODS, STORMS, EXPLOSIONS, ACTS OF GOD, WAR, GOVERNMENTAL ACTIONS, ORDERS OF DOMESTIC OR FOREIGN COURTS OR TRIBUNALS, NON-PERFORMANCE OF THIRD PARTIES, OR LOSS OF OR FLUCTUATIONS IN HEAT, LIGHT, OR AIR CONDITIONING.

In some jurisdictions, limitations of liability are not permitted. In such jurisdictions, the foregoing limitation may not apply to you.

We hope your enjoyment of gre.at's Products and Services will be enhanced by the application of these Terms of Use. It is our belief that your understanding of the guidelines we have set forth will allow gre.at to continue to be a place where each of us can prosper, grow, and enjoy ourselves within an open and non-threatening environment. Thank you for taking the time to read these Terms of Use and we hope you enjoy our Products and Services.

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