Terms And Conditions

1. Copyright and intellectual property

All literary matter in Microbionet is covered by copyright, and must not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by electronic or mechanical means, photocopying, or recording, without written permission.

Trademarks used on this site to describe firms and their products or services are trademarks of those firms or the registered proprietor of the trademark.

2. Disclaimer

None of Sciencenet Multimedia Publishing House Pty. Ltd. ("Sciencenet") (ACN 074 869 122), Microbionet or any of their servants, agents or consultants will have any liability in any way arising from information or advice that is contained in Microbionet. The statements of opinions that are expressed in Microbionet reflect the views of the individual authors and do not represent any policy of Sciencenet or Microbionet unless this is specifically stated.

Sciencenet, Microbionet or any of their servants, agents or consultants do not give any warranty (expressed or implied) regarding Microbionet material or any Microbionet web service. In particular the user acknowledges that:

3. Material available through this site

• may not be complete, accurate or current;
• should never be relied on as the basis for doing or failing to do something; and
• is not professional advice nor is it a substitute for such advice.

4. Links to or from this site

• may not be complete or accurate or may not operate;
• are for convenience only and do not mean that Sciencenet, Microbionet or any of their servants, agents or consultants endorse or approve sites linked to the Microbionet site, the content of those sites or the people who run them
• are permitted by Microbionet but Microbionet reserves the right to prevent linking to or framing of this site by giving notice.

5. Internet services are not secure or reliable and Microbionet does not warrant that

• this service and the material at this site will be available at all times;
• material obtained from or through this site will be free from computer viruses, third party interception and modification or other defects.
None of Sciencenet, Microbionet or any of their servants, agents or consultants will have any liability in respect to any advertising material contained in Microbionet. None of Sciencenet, Microbionet or any of their servants, agents or consultants give any implied or other endorsement of any advertising material or make any claim implied or otherwise that any product referred to in any advertising material is fit and proper for the purpose for which it is advertised.

No representation, implied or otherwise, is made that any advertising material complies with any ethical or other standard. Any information provided by Microbionet will be deemed to have included this Disclaimer as if this Disclaimer was set out in full with such information.

6. Risk and Liability

The user accepts all risks and responsibility for losses, damages, costs and other consequences resulting directly or indirectly from using this site and any information or material available from or through it.

To the maximum permitted by law, Sciencenet, Microbionet and any of their servants, agents or consultants exclude all liability to any person arising from or through it.

Sciencenet, Microbionet and any of their servants, agents or consultants limit any liability that cannot be excluded to restoring the service, resupplying the material or refunding any amount paid to Microbionet for the service or material.

7. Microbionet forum and interactive services

The user may not

• provide or purport to provide professional advice;
• advertise any products or services;
• do anything that would breach any civil or criminal law including without limitation laws relating to copyright, intellectual property, defamation, obscenity, censorship, blasphemy, sedition, racial hatred, discrimination, confidentiality, secrecy and privacy;
• rely on any information or material available through Microbionet interactive services without seeking independent professional advice.

The user may

• correctly identify yourself and carefully guard your login identity and password against unauthorised use;
• accept full and sole responsibility for the content of material made available by you on Microbionet interactive services;
• use your best efforts not to do anything that would reasonably be expected to offend other users of Microbionet interactive services;
• acknowledge that the identity and qualifications of other users may not be correctly stated;
• grant Microbionet an irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty free licence to user material created and made available by you on Microbionet interactive services for all purposes related to the Microbionet website
• indemnify Microbionet against all liability, loss, damage and costs that Microbionet may sustain or incur as a result of material made available by you through Microbionet interactive services or breach by you of these Legal Notices, including these conditions of use.

8. Changes to Conditions

Microbionet may at any time change these conditions. Changes may be made without notice. Changes will appear online in this document. The user may not access this service or Microbionet materials online if you do not agree to these conditions.

9. Choice of Law

These services, the provision of Microbionet material to you and your rights and obligations are:

• Governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia
• Not governed by the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.