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PLEASE READ THIS UPLOADER AGREEMENT (“AGREEMENT”) CAREFULLY BEFORE UPLOADING CONTENT (“USER
CONTENT”) TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO USERS OF SCRIBD.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, YOU CANNOT UPLOAD, PUBLISH, OR DISTRIBUTE, USER CONTENT ON SCRIBD.

1. Eligibility.
In order to upload User Content to Scribd, You must: (i) register for a Scribd account (Your "Account”); (ii) be at least 18 years
of age (or the age of majority in your place of residence if it is other than 18) and if You are uploading User Content to Scribd
on behalf of an organization, You must be an authorized representative of such organization with the authority to bind such
organization to these terms and agree to these terms on behalf of such organization; and (iii) Your Scribd Account must be
active and in good standing (among other things, this means that Your account cannot be restricted or suspended). Scribd
reserves the right to refuse or revoke Your access at any time, at its sole discretion, with out cause and without notice to You.

2. Incorporation by Reference.
The following additional Scribd terms, policies, and guidelines are expressly incorporated herein and form a binding part of
this Agreement as if reproduced fully herein:

1. General Terms of Use

2. Privacy Policy

Unless defined in this Agreement, all capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meaning given in our General Terms
of Use and Privacy Policy.

3. Certain Rights of Scribd.

Scribd will solely control all features and functionality of the Site and App and will have the right to modify, change, or
amend the same at all times, at its sole discretion. Scribd reserves the right to remove or delete User Content at any time, at
its sole discretion, without cause and without notice to You.

4. Authorization to Upload.
Subject to Your full and timely compliance with all of the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement, Scribd hereby
authorizes You to upload and distribute authorized digital content, including electronic documents. User Content is

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uploaded at Your own risk. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Scribd neither guarantees against
unauthorized copying or distribution of User Content nor will Scribd be liable for any unauthorized copying or usage of the
User Content.

5. Prohibited Uses.
Your authorization to use Scribd for the uploading and distribution of User Content is subject to the following restrictions:

(i) You may not share, copy, adapt, redistribute, reconfigure, modify, create derivative works from, resell, profit from, or
otherwise exploit content accessed on the Site and App, other than as permitted by Scribd; or

(ii) You may not act in any way that violates Scribd's Terms of Use, Prohibited Activity and Content Notice, any other
Guidelines, or any other agreement between Scribd and Yourself, or engage in any action or practice that disparages or
devalues Scribdʼs reputation or goodwill.

You acknowledge that any attempted or actual violation of any of the foregoing is a material breach of this Agreement and
that Scribd may pursue any and all applicable legal and equitable remedies against You, including an immediate suspension
of Your account or termination of this Agreement, and the pursuit of all available civil or criminal remedies.

6. Grant of License to Scribd.

By uploading User Content to Scribd, you hereby grant to Scribd a worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, assignable, fully
paid-up, royalty-free, license (with the right to grant and authorize sublicenses) to host, transfer, display, perform,
reproduce, distribute, compress or convert for distribution, monetize, charge money for, restrict access to view, restrict
access to download, advertise against, and otherwise exploit Your User Content, in any media formats and through any
media channels, in order to publish and promote such User Content in connection with services o�ered or to be o�ered by
Scribd. Such license will apply to any form, media, or technology now known or herea�er developed. You grant Scribd the
right to restrict access to view or to download your content (for example, without limitation, to paying users) and to charge
users for access to your content, subject to certain configuration options provided to you by Scribd. Subject to the terms and
limitations set forth herein, you may terminate this grant of license to Scribd as to any specific piece of User Content by
removing or deleting that piece of User Content from the Services; provided, however, that it is understood and agreed that
Scribd may retain a copy of any User Content as necessary for legal or archival purposes.

7. Grant of License to Other Scribd Users.

By uploading User Content to Scribd, you hereby grant to each User who is authorized to access Your User Content a non-
exclusive license to access and use Your User Content under the terms indicated by You when You uploaded such User
Content. Notwithstanding the foregoing, You hereby grant to each such User at least a limited, non-exclusive, license to
view, download (including, without limitation, download to a portable device, but subject to download restrictions either
made by Scribd or by you), print and have printed such User Content for personal use in the manner contemplated by this
Agreement and the Services The foregoing license granted by You terminates as to a specific piece of User Content once You
remove or delete such User Content from Scribd, provided that User rights to such User Content arising out of distributions
occurring on or prior to deletion of such User Content from the Services survive any termination or expiration of the license
granted in this section 7.

8. Reservation of Rights.
Subject to the licenses granted herein, You retain all of Your ownership rights in User Content uploaded and owned by You.

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9. Con�dentiality.
You agree not to disclose the Confidential Information of Scribd without Scribdʼs prior written consent. For the purposes of
this section, “Confidential Information” includes without limitation: (a) so�ware, technology, specifications, guidelines,
documentation or other materials relating to Scribd; and (b) any other information designated by Scribd as "confidential"
or an equivalent designation, whether orally or in writing.

10. Term and Termination.

10.1 Term. The term of this Agreement will begin on the date You upload Your User Content and will continue until
terminated in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Section 10 (the “Term”).

10.2 Termination. Scribd may, at its discretion and without cause, liability, or prior notice to You, immediately
terminate this Agreement, Your Scribd Account, or suspend Your Scribd upload privileges at any time. You may
terminate this Agreement either by cancelling your Scribd Account and removing the content, or by providing Scribd
with written notification of intended termination through electronic mail at support@scribd.com. This Agreement will
be deemed terminated by You fi�een (15) business days a�er Scribdʼs receipt of such notification.

10.3 E�ect of Termination. Upon termination of this Agreement, any provision which, by its nature or express terms,
should survive will survive such termination or expiration.

10.4 Retiring User Content. If You choose to remove or delete Your User Content from Scribd it will not be available to
Users following the date of such removal or deletion (the “Deletion Date”). Users who have downloaded o�line copies
of Your User Content (including, without limitation to Scribdʼs Mobile Applications), may continue to access that
content.

11. Your Representations and Warranties.

You are solely responsible for Your User Content and the consequences of uploading and publishing them. By uploading
and publishing Your User Content, You represent and warrant that:

(i) all of the information that You provide to Scribd under this Agreement is current and accurate;

(ii) You are the creator and owner of or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, releases and permissions to use
and to authorize Scribd and Scribdʼs Users to use Your User Content in the manner permitted herein;

(iii) Your User Content does not and will not slander, defame, or libel any other party, violate any other partyʼs publicity
rights or trade secret rights, be obscene, or otherwise unlawful;

(iv) Your User Content does not and will not violate Scribd's General Terms of Use, Prohibited Activity and Content
Notice, or any other policy governing User Content or User behavior;

(v) You have not entered into any other agreement that is in conflict with the terms of this Agreement;

(vi) Your User Content does not contain any viruses, adware, spyware, worms, or other malicious code;

(vii)Your User Content is free of any digital rights management, including any so�ware designed to limit the number of
times User Content may be copied or played; and

(viii) no claim has been asserted nor have any proceedings been instituted by any third party against You or Your
predecessors in title for the infringement of intellectual property rights in Your User Content.

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12. Scribd Disclaimer of Warranties.

In addition to the warranties disclaimed in the General Terms of Use, Scribd expressly disclaims any warranty that the
security measures used to protect User Content used by Scribd herein will be e�ective. Scribd makes no assurances that
such security measures will withstand attempts to evade security mechanisms or that there will be no cracks, disablements
or other circumvention of such security measures.

13. Relationship of the Parties; Remedies Cumulative.

The parties are independent contractors with respect to each other. This Agreement does not constitute and may not be
construed as constituting a partnership or joint venture among the parties hereto, or an employee-employer relationship.
No party shall have any right to obligate or bind any other party in any manner whatsoever, and nothing herein contained
shall give, or is intended to give, any rights of any kind to any third parties. Rights and remedies provided in this Agreement
are cumulative and not exclusive of any right or remedy provided at law or in equity.

14. Support.
For assistance with questions regarding this Agreement, send an email to support@scribd.com. Responses will be provided
as soon as possible.

15. United States Export Controls.

You shall not at any time upload any User Content that requires licenses or authorizations from any Government agencies.
Relevant U.S. regulations include but are not limited to the State Departmentʼs International Tra�ic in Arms Regulations and
the Commerce Departmentʼs Export Administration Regulations. You shall not post any ITAR-controlled technical data and
other applicable information, including any o�icial Department of Defense documents, on Scribd.com that have not been
authorized for public release by the appropriate Government agency. It is your responsibility to ensure that you comply with
these laws and do not post any item on Scribd.com that is not authorized for public release under the applicable laws,
regulations and restrictions. Your rights under these Terms are contingent on Your compliance with this provision.

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