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SERVICES RESEARCH & INNOVATION INSTITUTE (SRII) Terms & Conditions1. Rules and RegulationsThe following rules and regulations apply to all visitors to or users of the SRII Forums. By accessing this web site, user acknowledges acceptance of these terms and conditions. These terms and conditions are not exhaustive. SRII reserves the right to change these rules and regulations from time to time at its sole discretion. In the case of any violation of these rules and regulations, SRII reserves the right to suspend or terminate your right to access the SRII Forums. In addition, SRII reserves the right to seek all remedies available by law and in equity for such violations. These rules and regulations apply to all visits to the SRII Forums, both now and in the future. 2. Limited LicenseSRII authorizes you to copy materials published by on this web site solely for non-commercial use within your organization. No other use of the information is authorized. In consideration of this authorization, you agree that any copy of these materials which you make shall retain all copyright and other proprietary notices in the same form and manner as on the original. Except as specified above, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication, or otherwise any license or right under any patent, trademark or copyright of SRII or any third party. Visitors or users are not permitted to modify, distribute, publish, transmit or create derivative works of any material found on this site for any public or commercial purposes. 3. General DisclaimerAll information provided on this web site is provided "as is" with all faults without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. SRII shall not be liable for any indirect, special, consequential, or incidental damages including, without limitation, lost profits or revenues, costs of replacement goods, loss or damage to data arising out of the use or inability to use the SRII forums, or damages resulting from use of or reliance on the information present. 4. Site Content OwnershipAll content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, icons, images, and all forum posts by third party users, may be reused or republished by SRII in any form. SRII reserves the right to add, delete, edit, modify, and take any other action SRII deems necessary to all forum posts. 5. CookiesA cookie is a small data file that certain Web sites write to your hard drive when you visit them. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID that the site uses to track the pages you've visited, but the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. Some parts of SRII use cookies to track user traffic patterns. We do this in order to determine the usefulness of information to our users and to see how effective our navigational structure is in helping users reach that information. SRII does not correlate this information with data about individual users, nor does it share this information or sell it to any third party. If you prefer not to receive cookies on the SRII forums, you can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies and refuse the cookie when your browser alerts you to its presence. You can also refuse all cookies by turning them off in your browser. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use any area of the SRII forums. However, with cookies turned off, you will not be permitted to sign onto the forums if you have cookies turned off, or choose not to accept cookies from the forums. You will be able to view forum postings without signing in.6. Links to Third Party SitesSRII forums may contain links to third party sites. Access to any other Internet site linked to this web site is at the user's own risk and SRII is not responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any information, data, opinions, advice or statements made on these sites. SRII provides these links merely as a convenience and the inclusion of such links does not imply an endorsement. Any links posted by you are subject to all terms and conditions like any other type of content posted to the SRII forums. You may not post a link in the forums that directs users to any content or information that would constitute a violation of the terms and conditions.7. General GuidelinesUse of the SRII forums is at your own risk. Do not post any information that you do not wish to make public. Any information that you post can be obtained and used by others. You post at your own risk. You will not send or post any such messages to any boards, other user or staff that contain vulgar, abusive or otherwise inappropriate language, images, or graphics.You will not post, publish, transmit, distribute, or upload any information through the forums that contains a virus, Trojan horse, "sniffer" routines, backdoors, worms, time bombs, bots, or any other harmful software code, file, program or programming routine, or other contaminating or destructive features, nor compromise the security or integrity of SRII's computer systems, networks or web site(s) or servers.8. Access to Password Protected/Secure AreasAccess to and use of password protected and/or secure areas of the Web Site is restricted to authorized users only. Unauthorized individuals attempting to access these areas of the Web Site may be subject to prosecution. 9. SRII retains the right to remove content and limit users' access. SRII does not generally edit or monitor content posted by participants in its forums. However, SRII retains the right, at its sole discretion, to limit users' access to the Forums and to remove material that, in SRII's sole judgment, does not comply with the present Forum Principles or with the Terms & Conditions, or that is otherwise inappropriate for these forums, harmful, objectionable, or inaccurate. SRII also retains the right to assign such right to some members of the community. SRII is not responsible for any failure or delay in removing such material.10. Copyright ComplaintsSRII respects the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied and has been posted to this site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide is with the following written information: -An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; -A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed upon; -A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site; -Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address; -A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; -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. Notices should be directed to:SRIIAttention: Copyright Infringement Agent11. EnforcementSRII reserves the right to investigate any violation of the SRII terms and conditions and these forums and to take appropriate action. SRII has absolute discretion to enforce the terms of these documents. Remedial action may include, but is not limited to warning users, suspending access to SRII Forums, and deleting or editing any content. SRII may request that a user delete, edit, or re-submit any inappropriate content.To report a post that may be a violation, select Report Abuse to Moderator from the message Options menu, and provide a description of the issue.