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You should review this User Agreement carefully before accepting it. If You breach the User Agreement, Your authorization to use the Site will automatically terminate.
Acceptance of Terms
You accept this User Agreement by using the Services or clicking to accept or agree to the Terms, where this option is made available to You by Turnitin in the user interface for any Service. You may not use the Service and may not accept this User Agreement if (i) You have previously been informed by Turnitin that it no longer wishes to make the Services available to You, or (ii) You are a person barred from using the Services under applicable law, or (iii) You are not an Authorized User (defined below).
Eligibility - Authorized Users
Use of the Site and Services is limited to Authorized Users (as defined below) who are eighteen (18) years of age or older and/or have legal capacity to form a binding contract or, as set forth below, Authorized Users who are between 14 and 17 years of age with consent of a parent or guardian.
"Authorized Users" are: (i) school administrators of Educational Institutions ("School Administrators"), (ii) Instructors, and (iii) students who are properly enrolled in a registered class at an Educational Institution ("Students").
If You are between fourteen (14) and seventeen (17) years of age or have not reached the age of majority in Your jurisdiction of residence (together, "Not of Majority Age"), You may not use the Site except with the supervision and permission of a parent or legal guardian. If You are Not of Majority Age, You must have a parent or legal guardian review and agree to this User Agreement by clicking the "I agree -- Create Profile" button below.
Scope of Services – Change
The Site offers certain services, together with other content, data, images, information and other materials which allow authorized educational institutions ("Educational Institutions"), and teachers, instructors, professors or other faculty members who are currently teaching a registered class (together, "Instructors") to use software tools hosted by Turnitin to check enrolled students' work for possible textual matches against Internet-available resources and Turnitin' own proprietary database.
You acknowledge and agree that the form and nature of the Services and the Site which Turnitin provides may change from time to time without prior notice to You. You acknowledge and agree that Turnitin may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Services (or any features within the Services) to You or to users generally at Turnitin' sole discretion, without prior notice to You.
In connection with the Service, Turnitin may make available to User, or Educational Institution may separately license, certain third party products (collectively, the "Third Party Products"). Except as otherwise provided in the third party licensor's license agreement, if any, accompanying the Third Party Products, Educational Institution shall have a limited, non-transferable (except to a successor entity), non-exclusive license to use the Third Party Products solely in connection with the Services. Except as otherwise provided in the third party licensor's license agreement, if any, accompanying the third party products, the third party products are provided "AS-IS", without warranties of any kind and Turnitin and the third party licensor disclaim all warranties with respect to the Third Party Products, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of non-infringement, title, merchantability, and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event will Turnitin or the third party licensor be liable to User, Educational Institution, or any third party for any direct, indirect, punitive, exemplary, incidental, special or consequential damages arising out of the Third Party Products, even if they have been advised of the possibility of such damages or losses.
The Services, including those of Turnitin’ vendors, licensors, and service providers, should be considered as one piece of evidence about a student's writing ability. When a report is being used for an important decision about a student's performance, instructors should review and evaluate the information to ensure that the appropriate decision about placement or performance has been made.
You understand and agree that the Service may not be used for any other purpose, or provided to any other party, than as described herein. You shall indemnify and hold Turnitin and its licensors, vendors, and service providers harmless from any and all claims arising out of Your use of the Service or use of the information to determine placement of, or grades for students, or for any other purpose.
License by Turnitin
Subject to Your compliance with the User Terms, Turnitin hereby grants You a non-transferable, non-exclusive license to use and access the Services and Site, solely for non-commercial use. You agree to use the Site and Services only as follows: (i) if You are a School Administrator, only in connection with registered classes offered through Your Educational Institution, (ii) if You are an Instructor, only in connection with registered classes You are currently teaching, or (iii) if You are a Student, only in connection with a registered class in which You are enrolled. No other license is granted by implication, estoppel or otherwise.
For the avoidance of doubt, no licenses is granted to You to do any of the following, and You agree not to do any of the following: (i) modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, scrape, gather or sell any information or Services from the Site without the prior written consent of Turnitin, (ii) market, rent, lease, or re-license the Services, or use the Services for third party commercial use, commercial timesharing, or service bureau use, and (iii) cause or permit the disassembly, decompilation, recompilation, or reverse engineering of any technology underlying the Site. Any use of the Services by the U.S. Government, including but not limited to any Educational Institutions under its jurisdiction or under the corresponding States' jurisdiction, is subject to 'restricted rights' as that term is defined in FAR 52.227-19(c)(2) or DFAR 252.227.7013(c)(1) (if used in a defense related agency).
Ownership
You or the person who has authorized You to submit a paper for review as part of the Services will, subject to the license granted hereunder to Turnitin and its affiliates, vendors, service providers and licensors, retain Your ownership of the submitted paper. This User Agreement grants Turnitin and its affiliates, vendors, service providers and licensors only a non-exclusive right to Your paper solely for the purposes of plagiarism prevention and the other Services provided as part of Turnitin.
All materials created by the Services, including the format of reports evaluating textual sources ("Originality Reports"), and all intellectual property rights related thereto are owned by Turnitin or its suppliers. The Site is protected by United States and international intellectual property right laws. With the exception of the limited right to access the Services described above, nothing contained herein shall be construed as granting You any right, title, or interest in the Services or any of Turnitin' or its affiliates', vendors', service providers’ or licensors' intellectual property or proprietary information. Any rights not expressly granted to You by this User Agreement or any other agreements with Turnitin are reserved by Turnitin and/or its affiliates, vendors, service providers and licensors.
License by You
Papers. If You submit a paper or other content in connection with the Services, You hereby grant to Turnitin, its affiliates, vendors, service providers, and licensors a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable license to use such papers, as well as feedback and results, for the limited purposes of a) providing the Services, and b) for improving the quality of the Services generally. You also grant the license to Communications as disclosed below. The licenses shall survive the termination of the User Agreement. Any cessation of the use of the Site or Services shall not result in the termination or expiration of this license. Nothing shall prevent Turnitin and its affiliates, vendors, service providers and licensors from using information independently created by them. Submitted papers are held at the discretion of Educational Institutions in accordance with the terms of the Registration Agreement between Turnitin and Educational Institution. You may at any time request that Turnitin and its service providers delete each paper that you individually identify to us through the system administrator at your Educational Institution. Communications other than Paper Submissions. This Communications license does not include any right of Turnitin to use ideas set forth in papers submitted to the site, which is covered by the license above. Unless otherwise indicated in the Site, including our Privacy Policy (http://www.turnitinuk.com/en_gb/privacy-center/privacy-pledge), any communications or material of any kind that You e-mail, post, or transmit through the Site (excluding personally identifiable Registration Data of Students, any papers submitted to the Site, and grades and assessment related information), including, questions, comments, suggestions, and other data and information (Your "Communications") will be treated as non-confidential. You grant Turnitin a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, world-wide, irrevocable license to reprodu