HomeMy WebLinkAboutOnline Computer Library Center Inc; 2014-10-17;AGREEMENT FOR EZPROXY® HOSTING SERVICES
ONLINE COMPUTER LIBRARY CENTER, INC. (OCLC)
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of the ll"^ day of
OcrfobCi^ 20/ft. by and between the CITY OF CARLSBAD, a municipal
corporation, ("City"), and Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), an Ohio non-profit
corporation, ("Contractor").
RECITALS
City requires the professional services of a vendor that is experienced in providing the
desired online computer hosting services. Contractor has the necessary experience in providing
these professional services, has submitted a proposal to City and has affirmed its willingness and
ability to perform such work.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these recitals and the mutual covenants
contained herein. City and Contractor agree as follows:
1. SCOPE OF WORK
City retains Contractor to perfomi, and Contractor agrees to render, those services (the
"Services") that are defined in Exhibit "A", attached and incorporated by this reference in
accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
2. TERM
This Agreement will be effective for a period of two years from the date first above written.
3. COMPENSATION
The total fee payable for the Services to be performed will be two thousand four hundred seventy
five dollars ($2,475) per agreement year. No other compensation for the Services will be allowed
except for items covered by subsequent amendments to this Agreement.
4. STATUS OF CONTRACTOR
Contractor will perform the Services as an independent contractor and in pursuit of Contractor's
independent calling, and not as an employee of City. Contractor will be under the control of City
only as to the results to be accomplished.
5. INDEMNIFICATION
Contractor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the City and its officers, officials, employees
and volunteers from and against all claims, damages, losses and expenses including attorneys
fees arising out of the performance of the work described herein caused by any negligence,
recklessness, or willful misconduct of the Contractor, any subcontractor, anyone directly or
indirectly employed by any of them or anyone for whose acts any of them may be liable.
The parties expressly agree that any payment, attomey's fee, costs or expense City incurs or
makes to or on behalf of an injured employee under the City's self-administered workers'
compensation is included as a loss, expense or cost for the purposes of this section, and that this
section will survive the expiration or eariy tennination ofthis Agreement. Contractor's liability shall
be limited by the language of Section 5.2 in the attached Attachment 1.
6. INSURANCE
Contractor will obtain and maintain policies of commercial general liability insurance, automobile
liability insurance, a combined policy of workers' compensation, employers liability insurance, and
professional liability insurance from an insurance company authorized to transact the business of
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insurance in the State of California which has a current rating in the Best's Key Rating guide of at
least A-:VII OR with a surplus line insurer on the State of Califomia's List of Eligible Surplus Line
Insurers (LESLI) with a rating in the latest Best's Key Rating Guide of at least "A:X", in an amount
of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) each, unless otherwise authorized and approved
by the Risk Manager or the City Manager. Contractor will obtain occurrence coverage, excluding
Professional Liability, which will be written as claims-made coverage. The insurance will be in
force during the life of this Agreement and will not be canceled without thirty (30) days prior written
notice to the City by certified mail. City will be named as an additional insured on General Liability
which shall provide primary coverage to the City. Contractor will furnish certificates of insurance
to the Contract Department, with endorsements to City priorto City's execution ofthis Agreement.
7. CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Contractor shall file a Conflict of Interest Statement with the City Clerk in accordance with the
requirements of the City of Carisbad Conflict of Interest Code. The Contractor shall report
investments or interests in all four categories.
8. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS
Contractor will comply with all applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations prohibiting
discrimination and harassment and will obtain and maintain a City of Carisbad Business License
for the term of this Agreement.
9. TERMINATION
City or Contractor may terminate this Agreement at any time after a discussion, and written notice
to the other party. City will pay Contractor's costs for services delivered up to the time of
tennination, ifthe services have been delivered in accordance with the Agreement.
10. CLAIMS AND LAWSUITS
By signing this Agreement, Contractor agrees it may be subject to civil penalties for the filing of
false claims as set forth in the California False Claims Act, Government Code sections 12650, et
sea., and Carisbad Municipal Code Sections 3.32.025, et sec. Contractor further acknowledges
that debarment by another jurisdiction is grounds for the City of Carisbad to terminate this
Agreement.
11. JURISDICTIONS AND VENUE
Contractor agrees and stipulates that the proper venue and jurisdiction for resolution of any disputes
between the parties arising out of this Agreement is the State Superior Court, San Diego County,
California.
12. ASSIGNMENT
Contractor may assign neither this Agreement nor any part of it, nor any monies due or to become
due under it, without the prior written consent of City.
13. ORDER OF PRECEDENCE
In the event of any inconsistency between or among the Agreement, Attachment and Exhibits to
the Attachment referenced in this Agreement, or any other documents, the inconsistency shall
be resolved by giving precedence in the following order:
A. Agreement.
B. Attachment 1.
C. Exhibit A to Attachment 1.
D. Exhibit B to Attachment 1.
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14. AMENDMENTS
This Agreement may be amended by mutual consent of City and Contractor. Any amendment will
be in writing, signed by both parties, with a statement of estimated changes in charges or time
schedule.
15. AUTHORITY
The individuals executing this Agreement and the instruments referenced in it on behalf of
Contractor each represent and warrant that they have the legal power, right and actual authority
to bind Contractor to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
CONTRACTOR
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
Bruce Crocco, Vice President
(print name/title)
CITY OF CARLSBAD, a municipal
corporation of the State of Califomia
By:
Gky Manager or Mayor or Director
Heather Pizzuto
ATTEST:
(sign here) BARBARA E
Rick Schwieterman, Executive Vice President & CFO Clerk
(print name/title)
If required by City, proper notarial acknowledgment of execution by contractor must be attached.
If a corporation. Agreement must be signed by one corporate officer from each of the following
two groups:
Group A.
Chairman,
President, or
Vice-President
Group B.
Secretary,
Assistant Secretary,
CFO or Assistant Treasurer
Otherwise, the corporation must attach a resolution certified by the secretary or assistant
secretary under corporate seal empowering the officers) signing to bind the corporation.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Assistant City Attorney
City Attorney Approved Version 1/30/13
ATTACHMENT 1
EZPROXY® HOSTING SERVICE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. Services.
1.1 General. OCLC will provide the hosting
services set forth in this Agreement (the "Services"). As part of
the Services, OCLC will (a) configure, install, house, maintain,
monitor and operate the facilities, servers, equipment, operating
software and network (collectively, "OCLC's Systems"), (b)
provide OCLC's hosted EZproxy for institution's content
("Institution's Content"), and (c) secure and maintain
connectivity with third-party telecommunication providers, all as
necessary to host the Institution's Content via the Internet in
accordance with this Agreement. Institution is responsible for
securing and maintaining its own Internet connectivity to access
the Services.
1.2 Domain Names. OCLC will provide and select
the appropriate domain name for Institution ("Institution Domain").
OCLC will host the Institution Domain during the term of this
Agreement; provided that, such domain does not violate any of
registrar's policies or any applicable laws, rules, regulations or
other requirements of any governmental authority having
jurisdiction. The Institution Domain will be hosted and
administered in accordance with terms of ICANN's then current
domain name dispute resolution policies and/or the policies of the
registrar of the Institution Domain. OCLC will not have any
liability on account of any inability to use any Institution Domain.
1.3 IP Addresses. OCLC may assign, via a third
party service provider, IP addresses to Institution as part of the
Services. OCLC has sole discretion as to the Internet routing of
any OCLC network numbers.
1.4 Service Level. OCLC will use commercially
reasonable efforts to provide the Services and operate OCLC's
Systems in accordance with OCLC's standard Service Level
Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit "A". OCLC's
obligations under the Service Level Agreement are subject to
materials and services provided by equipment,
telecommunications and/or other suppliers and to delays by or
actions of Institution or third parties. Institution acknowledges that
OCLC's Systems may be subject to temporary shutdowns due to
causes beyond OCLC reasonable control, and such temporary
shutdowns will not be deemed to be a breach of any obligations
under this Agreement or the Service Level Agreement.
INSTITUTION FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES
THAT ITS SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY
FAILURE OF OCLC TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT IS
TO TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT.
1.5 Bandwidth, Storage and Other Limits Usage.
OCLC is not obligated to provide any certain amount of
bandwidth, storage or other resources.
1.6 IVIodifications to Services. OCLC reserves
the right to change or modify the Sen/ices, the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, or any policy or guideline applicable
to the Services, at any time in its sole discretion. Changes to any
policy or guidelines governing the Services, including the
Acceptable Use Policy, will be effective upon Institution's receipt
of notice or posting to the OCLC website. If Institution does not
agree to any change or modification to this Agreement, or any
governing policy or guideline, Institution's sole remedy is to
immediately terminate this Agreement. Institution's continued use
of the Services following the effective date of any changes or
modifications to this Agreement, or any policy or guideline will
constitute Institution's acceptance of such changes or
modifications.
1.7 Configuration of EZproxy: Existing Institutions may
submit configurations to OCLC to make modifications of active
configurations. There is no guarantee that OCLC can configure
all electronic resources in a configuration file. New institutions
may work with OCLC to create a configuration file, but again,
there is no guarantee that all electronic resources may be
configured. Institutions may also attempt to configure resources
themselves and submit to OCLC for review. OCLC resei^g|P(te
right to approve such configurations, in OCLC's sole jinmea
and discretion. All configurations must be known ^yp^
configurations, as determined by OCLC. There will be no access
through standard UNIX utilities. A list of supported resources will
be available on the OCLC website. As part of the initial
configuration for the Services, Institutions may have up to ten (10)
hours of configuration services provided by OCLC under this
Agreement. If greater than ten (10) hours is required by the
Institution, then OCLC will notify Institution and charge its
standard consulting rate of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per
hour for those additional services, which will be directiy billed to
the Institution. There is no guarantee that all of the resources and
authentication methods may be configured.
2. Institution Content; Acceptable Use.
2.1 Acceptable Use Policy. Institution will at all
times adhere to all applicable laws, rules, regulations and other
requirements of any governmental authority having jurisdiction
and to OCLC's standard policies including, without limitation,
OCLC's Acceptable Use Policy, a current version of which is
attached as Exhibit B. OCLC may inspect the Institution Content
or investigate any alleged violation of this Agreement, OCLC's
policies or any third-party complaints. OCLC will not access or
review the contents of any e-mail or other stored electronic
communications, except as required or permitted by applicable
law or legal process. In the event that OCLC determines in its
sole and reasonable discretion that any Institution Content or
conduct or actions of Institution (including its employees and
users) are objectionable, unlawful, potentially infringing or
othenwise violate this Agreement, the Acceptable Use Policy or
any other applicable policy, OCLC may take any action that it
deems appropriate and reasonable under the circumstance to
protect its systems, facilities, subscribers and/or third parties.
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Such corrective action includes, but is not limited to: (a) issuing a
warning; (b) immediately suspending or terminating the Services;
(c) restricting or prohibiting access to any Institution Content that
is objectionable or otherwise violates this Agreement or
applicable policy; and/or (d) disabling or removing hypertext links,
Institution Content or the content of any third party from OCLC's
Systems.
2.2 Disclosure Rights. If and to the extent
reasonably required to comply v/ith applicable laws and lawful
governmental requests, OCLC may access and disclose any
information it considers necessary or appropriate, including
without limitation, user profile information, (i.e. name, email,
address, etc.), IP address and traffic information, usage history,
and Institution Content residing on OCLC's Systems. OCLC will
provide written notice of such disclosure to Institution, in advance,
as legally permissible. Notwithstanding the notice provided by
OCLC to Institution, OCLC shall provide an exact copy of all
information disclosed pursuant to this section to Institution within
ten (10) days of OCLC's disclosure to the requesting party, if
legally permissible.
2.3 Warranties. Institution represents, warrants
and covenants to OCLC that: (a) the Institution Content and its
use will not violate, misappropriate or infringe any Proprietary
Rights or any other personal, privacy or moral right arising under
the laws of any jurisdiction of any person or entity, nor will same
constitute a libel or defamation of any person or entity; (b)the
Institution Content will not contain any harmful components,
including, but not limited to, viruses, trap doors, hidden
sequences, hot keys, or time bombs; (c) Institution has all the
right, power and authority necessary to use the Institution Content
as described in this Agreement; and (d) the Institution will comply
with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including, but not
limited to, export control, decency, privacy and intellectual
property laws).
3. Term of Service.
3.1 Term and Cancellation Policy. The
Agreement will remain in full force and effect until terminated by
either party. Either party may terminate this Agreement for any
reason by providing the other party ninety (90) days prior written
notice; provided that, OCLC may immediately terminate this
Agreement for Institution's or its users' violation ofthe Acceptable
Use Policy,
3.2 Effect of Termination. Should this Agreement
be terminated for any reason, OCLC will not be liable to Institution
because of such termination for compensation, reimbursement or
damages on account of the loss of prospective profits, anticipated
sales, goodwill or on account of expenditures, investments,
leases or commitments in connection with Institution's business,
or for any other reason whatsoever flowing from such termination.
Institution is solely responsible for procuring any new or
replacement service upon termination.
4. Reservation of Rights.
4.1 By OCLC. OCLC is the exclusive owner of and
retains all right, title and interest (including, without limitation to,
all copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, and any other
proprietary rights to all materials, including but not limited to any
computer software (in object code and source code form), data or
information developed or provided by OCLC or its suppliers
pursuant to this Agreement, and any know-how, methodologies,
equipment, or processes used by OCLC to provide the Services
to Institution (including, without limitation, the OCLC's Systems).
4.2 By Institution. Institution is the exclusive
owner of and retains all right, title and interest (including, without
limitation, all proprietary rights) to the Institution Content. In the
event of a failure to renew or other termination of this Agreement,
Institution may request the configuration files necessary to run
EZproxy. Notwithstanding anything in these Terms to the
contrary, if Institution fails to request the configuration files within
30 days after the expiration or the effective date of termination of
this Agreement, OCLC may delete or remove these files from its
systems without liability to Institution or any third-party.
5. Disclaimers and Limitations
5.1 Disclaimer. OCLC exercises no control over,
and accepts no responsibility for, third-party content of the
information passing through OCLC's System, network hubs and
points of presence, or the Internet. INSTITUTION
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT OCLC'S SYSTEMS (INCLUDING ANY
SOFTWARE AND ANY OTHER ITEMS USED OR PROVIDED
BY OCLC IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SERVICES
HEREUNDER) ARE PROVIDED "AS IS." OCLC DOES NOT
MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY
KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE
PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICES OR OCLC'S SYSTEMS,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED
WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OR ANY
IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING BY USAGE OF TRADE,
COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE.
OCLC MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES
WHATSOEVER THAT THE SERVICES AND OCLC'S SYSTEMS
WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ALWAYS ACCESSIBLE, FREE OF
HARMFUL COMPONENTS, ACCURATE OR ERROR-FREE.
5.2 Limitation of Liability. OCLC WILL HAVE NO
LIABILITY FOR ANY DIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL,
EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR PUNITIVE
DAMAGES EVEN IF OCLC HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL OCLC
HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, OR
ALTERATION, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OF INFORMATION
DISTRIBUTED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION VIA
THE SERVICES THROUGH ACCIDENT, FRAUDULENT MEANS
OR DEVICES. IN ANY EVENT, THE LIABILITY OF OCLC TO
INSTITUTION FOR ANY REASON AND UPON ANY CAUSE OF
ACTION WILL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID
TO OCLC BY INSTITUTION UNDER THIS AGREEMENT
DURING THE THREE (3) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY
PRECEDING THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH CLAIM AROSE.
THIS LIMITATION APPLIES TO ALL CAUSES OF ACTION IN
THE AGGREGATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY,
NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, MISREPRESENTATIONS,
AND OTHER TORTS. THE FEES FOR THE SERVICES SET BY
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OCLC HEREUNDER HAVE BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE
BASED UPON THIS ALLOCATION OF RISK.
5.3 Force Majeure. OCLC will be excused from
performance hereunder to the extent that performance is
prevented, delayed or obstructed by causes beyond its
reasonable control, including but not limited to, acts of God (fire,
storm, floods, earthquakes, etc.), civil disturbances, disruption of
telecommunications, power or other essential services, or
interruption or termination of service by the service provider being
used by OCLC to link its servers to the Internet, or any malicious
or unlawful acts of any third party.
6. Provisions
6.1 RESERVED.
6.2 Independent Contractors. OCLC and its
personnel, in performance of the Services, are acting as
independent contractors and not as employees or agents
of Institution.
6.3 Waiver; Amendment The failure of
either party to enforce its rights under this Agreement at
any time for any period will not be construed as a waiver of
such rights.
6.4 No Assignment. Institution may not
assign, without the prior written consent of OCLC, any
rights, duties or obligations under this Agreement to any
person or entity, in whole or in part, whether by
assignment, merger, transfer of assets, sale of stock,
operation of law or othenwise, and any attempt to do so will
be void.
6.5 RESERVED.
6.6 Headings. Headings herein are for
convenience of reference only and will in no way affect
interpretation ofthis Agreement.
6.7 Notice. All notices and other
communications required or permitted hereunder will be in
writing and delivered in person, by courier, prepaid certified
or registered U.S. mail, facsimile with conflrmation, or e-
mail with return receipt to the parties at the addresses set
forth in this Agreement. Notice will be effective when
received.
6.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be
executed in counterparts and/or via facsimile transmission,
any one or form ofwhich will be deemed an original, but all
of which will constitute one and the same instrument.
6.9 Entire Agreement; Severability. This
Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive
statement of agreement between the parties, and
supersedes and merges all prior proposals and all other
agreements, oral and written, between the parties relating
to the subject matter of this Agreement. In the event that
any provision of this Agreement will be determined to be
illegal or unenforceable, that provision will be eliminated to
the minimum extent necessary so that this Agreement will
othenwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable.
6.10 Subcontracting: OCLC reserves the right
to subcontract, in whole or in part, the Services to be
performed under these Terms, but should it elect to do so
shall remain liable to Institution, pursuant to the temns of
this Agreement, for the services to be performed under this
Agreement.
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EXHIBIT A
SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT
This Service Level Agreement ("SLA") sets forth
the service level and performance objectives of OCLC
Online Computer Ubrary Center, Inc. ("OCLC") in
providing hosting services (the "Services") to you. OCLC
will use commercially reasonable efforts to meet the
following service level and performance objectives to
support the operation of the facilities, server(s), computer
equipment, operating software and connectivity used to
provide the Services to you (collectively, "OCLC's
Systems").
2.1 Response Times.
shall provide the following:
The Service
1. Uptime Commitment
OCLC will use commercially reasonable efforts to
ensure OCLC's Systems are available 99.8% of the time
(the "Uptime Commitment"). The Uptime Commitment
will be measured as follows:
Uptime Commitment= (T-P-D)/(T-P) * 100%
T=the total number of minutes in the respective
month
P=planned outages (which will not exceed four
(4) hours per month), telecommunications or
power disruptions caused by third parties, any
other causes beyond OCLC's reasonable control,
and excluding other times described herein.
D-the total number of minutes of unplanned
downtime in the month.
OCLC agrees to notify Institution promptiy of any
factor, occurrence, or event coming to its attention that
may affect OCLC's ability to meet the Uptime
Commitment, or that is likely to cause any material
intemjption or disruption in the Services.
Scheduled maintenance may occur any Sunday
from 02:00 to 06:00 ET. Notice of scheduled
maintenance shall occur 3 days prior to scheduled
downtime. Other maintenance such as updating
configurations will be scheduled with the institution.
In the event planned emergency maintenance is
required, OCLC will make commercially reasonable
efforts to notify Institution in advance.
In the event of a disaster at OCLC's primary data
center, OCLC will restore Services in its secondary
center within 4 hours of disaster declaration.
Remediation: Post Mortem meetings are held as needed
following any outages to identify root cause and specify
corrective and/or preventive actions needed to prevent
recurrence. Corrective and preventive action plans, as
relevant, will be shared with Institution via email.
2. Response Time Commitment
95% of Transactions complete within three (3)
seconds across ten (10) minute reporting windows
during peak business hours (7am-9pm Eastern Time)
3. Systems Management
3.1 Monitoring. OCLC will monitor and
maintain OCLC's Systems in working order each day (24
x 7). OCLC will proactively manage and monitor all
application server hardware devices and software to
ensure optimal perfomiance and reliability as well as to
detect abnormal events or exceeded utilization or
performance thresholds
3.2 Maintenance. OCLC will operate,
monitor and administer all servers, applications and
networks supporting the Services. In order to provide
such coverage, OCLC may utilize a mixture of on-site
and on-call support staff, automated server monitoring
and automated paging technology.
3.3 Change Control. OCLC will install new
equipment, software, releases, upgrades, fixes, patches
and other items necessary to maintain OCLC's Systems
to industry standards. OCLC will proactively gather
information from appropriate server, peripheral, operating
system or database vendors regarding upgrades, defect
patches or fixes.
4. Exclusive Remedy.
OCLC will use commercially reasonable efforts to
correct any material problems in the Services, including
any failure to satisfy the Uptime CommitmenL In the
event that OCLC fails to satisfy the Uptime Commitment
for any two months in a rolling one year period and you
provide written notice within thirty (30) days of the end of
such month for each event, your sole and exclusive
remedy will be to receive a service credit equal to the
following percentage of the monthly fees for the Services
97% to 99% 15%
95% to 96.9% 25%
Below 95% 50%
In no event will the service credit exceed the monthly
fees paid by you for the Services. You acknowledge and
agree that if the remedies set forth in this section are
applied, any failure of OCLC to meet the requirements in
this SLA will not constitute a breach of the Hosting
AgreemenL
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EXHIBIT B
ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
This Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") describes
the proper kinds of conduct and prohibited uses of the
hosting and other services (the "Services") provided by
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. ("OCLC").
This AUP is not exhaustive and OCLC reserves the right
to modify it at any time, effective upon posting of the
modified version to <www.oclc.org or such other location
designated by OCLC. By using OCLC's Services, you
agree to abide by the then current version ofthis AUP.
ANY VIOLATION OF THIS AUP MAY RESULT
IN THE SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF THE
SERVICES AND SUCH ACTION AS OCLC DEEMS
APPROPRIATE AS FURTHER DESCRIBED IN THE
HOSTING AGREEMENT. ANY REPEATED VIOLATION
OF THIS AUP WILL RESULT IN THE TERMINATION OF
THE HOSTING AGREEMENT. INDIRECT OR
ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS OF THIS AUP, AND
ACTUAL OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS BY A THIRD
PARTY ON YOUR BEHALF, WILL BE CONSIDERED
VIOLATIONS OF THE AUP BY YOU.
General
OCLC's Services enable you to host and serve
your Web site and all related content, including, but not
limited to, programs, program scripts, e-mail, text, bulletin
board postings, hypertext links, meta tags, domain
names, pictures, graphics, forums, interactive media, and
audio/visual materials that you or a third party posts on
your Web site (collectively, "Subscriber Content") using
OCLC's facilities, services, equipment, operating software
and network (collectively, "OCLC's Systems").
Generally, OCLC does not actively monitor, censor, or
directiy control any information that is stored on or
transmitted over OCLC's Systems. OCLC cannot and
does not warrant, verify or guarantee the quality,
accuracy, safety or integrity ofyour Subscriber Content or
other materials or information that you or a third party
may post or access through the Services. You are solely
responsible for all of the Subscriber Content and your
and your users' use of OCLC's Services and your Web
site.
No Illegal or Harmful Uses
OCLC's Services and Systems may be used only
for lawful purposes. Transmission, distribution or storage
of any material in violation of any applicable law or
regulation is strictiy prohibited. The following non-
exhaustive list describes the kinds of illegal or harmful
conduct are prohibited. OCLC reserves the right to
restrict or prohibit any and all uses or content that it
determines in its sole discretion is harmful to its systems,
network, reputation, good will, other OCLC customers, or
any third party.
• Infringement. Infringement of intellectual
property rights or other proprietary rights
including, without limitation, material
protected by copyright, trademaric, patent,
trade secret or other intellectual property
right used without proper authorization.
Infringement may result from the
unauthorized copying and posting of pictures,
logos, software, articles, musical works, and
videos.
• Offensive Materials. Disseminating or
hosting material that is unlawful, libelous,
defamatory, obscene, pornographic,
indecent, lewd, harassing, threatening,
harmful, invasive of privacy or publicity rights,
abusive, inflammatory or othenwise
objectionable.
• Harmful Content. Disseminating or hosting
harmful content including, without limitation,
viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs,
cancelbots or any other computer
programming routines that may damage,
interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or
expropriate any system, program, data or
personal information.
• Fraudulent Conduct. Offering or
disseminating fraudulent goods, services,
schemes, or promotions (i.e., make money
fast schemes, chain letters, and pyramid
schemes); fraudulent submission or use of
personal or financial information; or engaging
in any practice that constitutes an unfair or
deceptive trade practice.
• Export Violations. Posting or sending of
software or technical infomiation in violation
of U.S. export laws, including, without
limitation, the Export Administration
Regulations maintained by the Department of
Commerce.
• Privacv. Collecting, using and disclosing any
personally identifiable user information in
violation of any applicable law and/or stated
privacy policy.
Maintenance of Security and Integrity
Violations of system or network security are
prohibited, and may result in criminal and civil liability.
OCLC will investigate incidents involving such violations
and may involve and will cooperate with law enforcement
if a criminal violation is suspected. Examples of system
or networic security violations include, without limitation,
the following:
• Hacking. Unauthorized access to or use of
data, systems or networks, including any
attempt to probe, scan or test the
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vulnerability of a system or network or to
breach security or authentication measures
without express authorization of the owner of
the system or network.
• Interception. Unauthorized monitoring of
data or traffic on any network or system of
OCLC or any third party.
• Intentional Interference. Interference with
service to any user, host or network
including, but not limited to, denial of service
attacks, mail bombing, news bombing, other
flooding techniques, deliberate attempts to
overioad a system and broadcast attacks.
• Falsiflcation of Origin. Forging of anv TCP-IP
packet header, e-mail header or any part of a
message header. This prohibition does not
include the use of aliases or anonymous
remailers.
• Avoiding Svstem Restrictions. Using manual
or electronic means to avoid any use
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