MUNETRIX LLC
Terms of Use Agreement
ANY
ACCESS TO, OR USE OF, THE BELOW-DEFINED MUNETRIX SITE AND ANY CONTENT HOUSED
ON, OR ACCESSED THROUGH, THAT SITE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY TOOLS OR
OTHER PRODUCTS OR SERVICES) BY ANY PERSON IS STRICTLY LIMITED TO THOSE
INDIVIDUALS WHO MANIFEST THEIR ASSENT TO THE TERMS OF THIS TERMS OF USE
AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT") BY CLICKING THE "AGREE" ICON
BELOW OR BY OTHERWISE ACCESSING DATA ON THE MUNETRIX SITE. BY CLICKING THE "AGREE" ICON BELOW
OR BY OTHERWISE ACCESSING DATA ON THE MUNETRIX SITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU
HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT, UNDERSTAND ITS TERMS AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THEM.
BY
ACCEPTING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU FURTHER REPRESENT, WARRANT AND COVENANT
THAT: (1) YOU ARE A MUNETRIX SITE LICENSEE IN GOOD STANDING OR ARE CURRENTLY
AUTHORIZED BY SUCH A LICENSEE TO USE THE MUNETRIX SITE; (2) YOU WILL NOT HOLD
OUT MUNETRIX LLC, A MICHIGAN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (THE "COMPANY"),
OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, MEMBERS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR REPRESENTATIVES,
AS AN "INVESTMENT ADVISER," AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN THE U.S.
INVESTMENT ADVISERS ACT OF 1940 ("ADVISERS ACT") OR ANY OTHER
SIMILAR LAW OR REGULATION IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE PRODUCT IS ACCESSED,
USED OR DISTRIBUTED BY YOU; (3) YOU ASSUME ALL SUITABILITY (AND OTHER RELATED)
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR YOURSELF, YOUR CLIENTS AND AFFILIATES; AND (4) YOU WILL
LIMIT DISTRIBUTION OF THE PRODUCT (OR ANY PORTION THEREOF) TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS
PROVIDED HEREIN.
YOU
FURTHER REPRESENT, WARRANT AND COVENANT THAT, IF YOU PROVIDE ANY PERSON WITH
ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE PRODUCT HEREUNDER
THAT COULD REASONABLY BE CONSTRUED AS "INVESTMENT ADVICE" UNDER THE
TERMS OF THE ADVISERS ACT OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR LAW OR REGULATION IN ANY
JURISDICTION IN WHICH YOUR COMPANY IS LOCATED OR IN WHICH YOU PROVIDE
INVESTMENT ADVICE OR IN WHICH YOU ACCESS, USE OR DISTRIBUTE THE PRODUCT AND, IF
YOU ARE NOT OTHERWISE EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREIN, YOU
WILL ACT AS THE "INVESTMENT ADVISER" TO THAT PERSON AND COMPLY WITH
ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO THAT ROLE.
THIS
AGREEMENT SUPERSEDES ANY PREVIOUS AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND THE COMPANY WITH
RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT (OTHER THAN ANY AGREEMENTS THAT EXPLICITLY STATE THEREIN
THAT THE TERMS THEREOF CONTROL AND PREVAIL OVER THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT TO
THE EXTENT THAT A DIRECT CONFLICT BETWEEN SUCH AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT
EXISTS).
1.
The Product Licensed. The term "Product"
shall mean the computer programs, Internet web pages, data (excluding specific fiscal
and other data that is entered by certain Subscriber Licensees, from time to
time, on the Munetrix Site; provided, that the Company reserves
the right to use, copy, store, display, and distribute such entered data, as
may be revised from time to time by such Subscriber Licensees, on the Munetrix
Site and in Product Output), analyses, screens, manuals and other information
of any kind that are housed on and accessible to you through, the Company's
website located at the URL: http://munetrix.com ("Munetrix Site")
as well as all updates, enhancements and modifications thereto, and all
intellectual property contained therein. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Product shall include: (i) a database of financial information
relating to various cities, municipalities, and/or other Governmental Entities (as
defined below) accessible via the Munetrix Site by means of a subscription paid
for by the below-defined Licensee and/or otherwise made available to Users
through a non-revenue user license (the "Database"); (ii) the
format and organization of information entered by a user of the Product, and
the integration of such information with the Database (the "Format");
(iii) the HTML code, Java code, C++ code, C# code, ASP scripts, text, help
screens, CGI scripts, other computer programs and associated documentation that
provide a graphical user interface and system to store, process, retrieve and
output information contained in either or both the Database and the
User-Entered Information (the "Programs"); (iv) the format and
organization of information output by the Product; and (v) Internet web page
reports, spreadsheets, graphs, charts, tables, documents and other materials,
whether in printed, electronic or any other form, that contain copies of all or
part of the Database or Format, together with any works derived from such
materials (collectively, "Product Output"). The licensed Product does not include the
right to view or obtain, and the Company does not have an obligation to provide,
any financial information of Governmental Entities for any future time periods,
unless and until such time as this information has been provided by the Company
through the Munetrix Site.
2.
Licensee. The term "Licensee"
shall mean (i) the person, whether an individual or entity, that is responsible
for subscribing to, and paying for, the license to use the Product hereunder
through a separate agreement (“Subscriber Licensee”) or (ii) the person,
whether an individual or entity, that uses the Product to view or access
elements of the Product that are not generally accessible to public without the
use, directly or indirectly, of a log-in username or password (e.g., public
data) (“Non-Subscriber Licensee”).
3.
Authorized User. The term "Authorized
User" shall mean (i) in the case of a Subscriber Licensee, an
individual for whom Licensee has paid the necessary licensing fees and whom the
Licensee permits to access or otherwise use the Product by providing that
individual with a user name and password for access to the Product and (ii) in
the case of a Non-Subscriber Licensee, an individual that accesses or otherwise
uses the non-subscription elements of the Product that are generally available
to the public without the use, directly or indirectly, of a log-in username or
password. An Authorized User must be the
Licensee (if an individual) or a partner, employee, or agent of the Licensee.
4.
User. The term "User" shall
mean an individual who is the Licensee, any Authorized User and/or any other
third party who accesses or uses the Product hereunder. Each User understands
and agrees that the Company may use auditing software to monitor IP address
access and excess bandwidth use. Should usage levels exceed what the Company
deems reasonable for individual use, or should multiple IP addresses be
detected on an Authorized User's account, the Company reserves the right to
assess additional charges for that bandwidth usage or terminate this Agreement.
5.
Client. The term "Client" shall
mean any individual or entity for which the Licensee, Authorized User, or User
is currently providing or is proposing to provide products or services to.
6.
Grant of License. Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Company grants to each Authorized User a limited
nonexclusive, nontransferable (except as otherwise provided by the Company in
writing) license to do the following:
6.1
Authorized User's Internal Use of the Product to
Generate Product Output. Only an Authorized User may use the Programs and
Database to generate Product Output and then, only for the Licensee's normal
business use.
Any Product Output that is
distributed to any third party must contain the following statement, in legible
type:
"(c) Munetrix LLC 2010. All rights reserved. The
information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Munetrix LLC and/or its
content providers; (2) may not be copied, adapted or distributed; and (3) is
not warranted to be accurate, complete or timely. Neither Munetrix LLC nor its affiliates or content providers
are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this
information."
6.3
Additional Rights of the Company. The Company
reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to: 1) determine to whom it will
provide the Product 2) change the price for the Product on an annual,
semi-annual, or more frequent basis, and 3) to change, limit, or discontinue
any aspect, content, tool, or feature that is a part of the Product. The
Company further reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to restrict the use
of the Product as well as suspend or revoke your rights to use the Product if the
Company determines that such use is in violation of this Agreement or
applicable law.
7.
Payment. In exchange for the rights granted
hereunder, in the case of a Subscriber Licensee, such Subscriber Licensee has
agreed to pay the Company (or the Company’s designee if explicitly set forth in
a separate written agreement) the subscription fees in the amount specified in
a separate agreement between the Licensee and the Company. In addition to any
other rights that the Company may have hereunder, if full payment of all fees
owed by such Subscriber Licensee is not forthcoming when due, the Company
reserves the right to immediately terminate this Agreement and all of Users'
rights hereunder.
EXCEPT
AS OTHERWISE EXPLICITLY PROVIDED HEREIN OR IN ANOTHER WRITTEN AGREEMENT, THE
PRODUCT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH ALL FAULTS AND THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO
SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY AND EFFORT IS WITH USER. AUTHORIZED
USER ACKNOWLEDGES FOR ITSELF AND ALL USERS ACCESSING THE PRODUCT THROUGH IT
THAT, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF SOFTWARE AND THE INTERNET, THE PRODUCT MAY NOT
BE ACCESSIBLE WHEN NEEDED, AND THAT INFORMATION TRANSMITTED OVER THE INTERNET
(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DATA UPDATES, THE PRODUCT OUTPUT AND THE
USER-ENTERED INFORMATION) MAY BE SUBJECT TO THIRD PARTY INTERCEPTION AND
MODIFICATION. EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH HEREIN, THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS
ALL WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO
THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, ACCURACY OF INFORMATIONAL
CONTENT, AND ABSENCE OF VIRUSES AND DAMAGING OR DISABLING CODE. NEITHER THE
COMPANY NOR ITS CONTENT PROVIDERS WARRANT THE ACCURACY, CORRECTNESS,
COMPLETENESS, OR TIMELINESS OF THE PRODUCT. EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT OTHERWISE
SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ITS
AFFILIATES (COLLECTIVELY, THE "COMPANY PARTIES") NOR THEIR
CONTENT PROVIDERS SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INVESTMENT DECISIONS, DAMAGES, OR
OTHER LOSSES RESULTING FROM USE OF THE PRODUCT OR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED
THEREIN. PAST PERFORMANCE DOES NOT GUARANTEE FUTURE RESULTS. ANY INFORMATION
PROVIDED IS FOR INFORMATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.
EACH
USER OF THE PRODUCT ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ALL DATA ON THE MUNETRIX SITE
IS PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTIES AND NOT THE COMPANY AND THAT NO MEMBER OF THE
COMPANY GROUP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY, FINALITY, OR RELIABILITY OF ANY
SUCH DATA. EACH USER OF THE PRODUCT
ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THE COMPANY PROVIDES CERTAIN LICENSED USERS,
INCLUDING CERTAIN GOVERNMENT ENTITIES THE ABILITY TO ENTER AND REVISE PROJECTIONS,
FORECASTS, FISCAL AND OTHER DATA ON THE MUNETRIX SITE, FROM TIME TO TIME, AS
DETERMINED IN THE DISCRETION OF SUCH LICENSED USERS. EACH USER OF THE PRODUCT ACKNOWLEDGES AND
AGREES THAT ANY USE OF THE PRODUCT AND THE DATA CONTAINED THEREON SHALL BE AT
SUCH USER'S SOLE RISK.
11.1
AUTHORIZED USER: EACH AUTHORIZED USER WHO
MANIFESTS HIS OR HER ASSENT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT REPRESENTS,
WARRANTS AND COVENANTS THAT HE OR SHE IS COMPLETELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY
AUTHORIZED BY LICENSEE TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT, THAT HE OR SHE IS BOUND BY
ALL OF ITS TERMS, THAT HE OR SHE IS AUTHORIZED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE TO ITS
TERMS ON BEHALF OF ANY USER ACCESSING OR USING THE PRODUCT THROUGH HIM OR HER
AND THAT HE OR SHE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USE OF THE PRODUCT BY ANY OTHER USER
WHO ACCESSES OR USES IT THROUGH OR ON BEHALF OF THAT AUTHORIZED USER.
EXCEPT
AS SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR OTHERWISE EXPLICITLY PROVIDED
HEREIN, THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR THE COMPANY FOR ANY DIRECT DAMAGES ARISING
UNDER OR IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE PRODUCT OR ANY OTHER SERVICES
PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY, WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL
THEORY SHALL NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID TO THE COMPANY BY
SUCH LICENSEE, AUTHORIZED USER, OR USER, AS APPLICABLE, FOR USE OF THE PRODUCT
DURING THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE OCCURRENCE OF SUCH CLAIM
FOR DAMAGE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
PROVISION IN THIS AGREEMENT TO THE CONTRARY AND EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE
SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE COMPANY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY
PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY OR OTHER, SIMILAR FORMS OF
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS
OF GOODWILL OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, OR LOSS OF DATA. NO PARTY AFFILIATED WITH THE
COMPANY SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY LICENSEE, AUTHORIZED USER, USER, CLIENT
OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
22.
Assignment. No Licensee or Authorized User may
assign any of its rights under this Agreement without the Company's prior
written consent. Any purported
assignment by a Licensee or Authorized User without such prior written consent
will be void.
24.
Severability. If any provisions of this
Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, such
provisions shall be modified, or if not possible, severed, to reflect the
fullest valid, legal and enforceable expression of the intent of the parties
and the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.
25.1
Links. The Munetrix Site may contain
information, products, and services provided by third parties and links
(including advertisements) to third party web sites. This information and these
products, services, and links are provided only as a convenience to Users. The
Company does not review or control this information or these products,
services, or other web sites, and the Company does not make any representations
or warranties, express or implied, regarding this information or these
products, services, or web sites. Inclusion of any of the foregoing in the
Product does not constitute or imply an endorsement, authorization,
sponsorship, or affiliation by or with the Company with respect to any third
party or its web site or content, or any information, products, or services
provided by that third party.
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