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Conditions of Use

Welcome from CoolBeat Audiobook Publishing. CoolBeat provides its services to you subject to the following conditions.

If you visit CoolBeat (in any manner), you accept these conditions.

Please read them carefully. In addition, when you use any current or future CoolBeat service (e.g., coolbeat.biz) you also will be subject to the guidelines and conditions applicable to such service or business. Only adults age 18 or older are authorized access to "www.coolbeat.biz".

Any Non-Human Visitors to a CoolBeat Website or other Internet Service shall be considered agents of the individual(s) who control or author them. These individuals shall ultimately be responsible for the behavior of their Non-Human Visitor agents and are liable for violations of the Conditions of Use.

Electronic Communications

When you visit a CoolBeat Internet Service or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on this site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

Copyright

All content included on this site and other CoolBeat Internet Services, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, video clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of CoolBeat Publishing or its content suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of CoolBeat Publishing and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All software used on this site is the property of CoolBeat Publishing or its software suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws.

CoolBeat audiobooks may not be made publicly available for download from the Internet or other computer network without specific revokable written permission from CoolBeat Publishing. Public dissemination on physical media, including, but not limited to, audio tape or compact disk, is also not permitted without specific revokable written permission from CoolBeat Publishing. It does not matter whether the audiobook is being offered free of charge or through a not-for-profit entity! Lack of availability of an audiobook from a CoolBeat Internet source does not constitute a granting of written permission.

CoolBeat audiobooks may not be played publicly without written permission (usually given) from CoolBeat Publishing, and this includes, but is not limited to, individuals, museums, libraries, schools, and broadcasters. Only the person legally downloading a CoolBeat audiobook has the right to copy or play the CoolBeat audiobook; but this person may transfer this right to another person, so long as any copies made of the audiobook not also transferred are destroyed. Without written permission, only a human has the rights to own a CoolBeat audiobook, including an owner, partner, shareholder, or employee of an institution or corporation, but not the institution or corporation itself.

CoolBeat Publishing authorizes the public to use, copy, and publicly play only the CoolBeat designated "Sample Soundbites" available on our audiobook description pages, so long as the sample soundbites are credited as being from their specific CoolBeat audiobooks. All other content is intended only for persons and organizations under the jurisdiction of U.S. copyrite law, unless a specific limited-scope written permission has been otherwise granted by CoolBeat.

Trademarks

CoolBeat is a registered US service mark (s/n 78801054). Streaming Peace and the "drummer" logo are service marks used by, and associated with, CoolBeat. CoolBeat's trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not CoolBeat's, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits CoolBeat Publishing. All trademarks and service marks not owned by CoolBeat Publishing or its affiliates that appear on this site are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by CoolBeat or its affiliates.

License and Site Access

CoolBeat Publishing grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of CoolBeat. This site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of CoolBeat Publishing. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site or its contents or any derivative use of this site or its contents.

Robots and Screen Scraping:

You may not use data mining, robots, screen scraping, or similar data gathering and extraction tools on this site, except with our express written consent (screen scraping for imediate use only is always permitted for handicapped individuals during live interactive sessions). Robots are obligated to observe and follow any restrictions listed in CoolBeat's "robots.txt" and superseding individual document Meta Tags.

Framing:

You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of CoolBeat and our affiliates without express written consent.

Meta Tags:

You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing CoolBeat's name or trademarks without the express written consent of CoolBeat Publishing. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by CoolBeat Publishing.

Linking to CoolBeat:

You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to a CoolBeat site so long as the link does not portray CoolBeat Publishing, its affiliates, or their services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise negative or offensive matter. You may not use any CoolBeat logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without written permission (usually given) from CoolBeat Publishing. Linking, publishing, or otherwise making known to anyone other than the purchaser, even if incidentally or as part of a public record or archive, the URL of a purchased product download page, is strictly forbidden! Violators may be prosecuted.

Special License Restrictions for Non-Human Visitors

Special restrictions on a visitor's license to access any CoolBeat Website or other CoolBeat Internet Service apply to Non-Human Visitors. Non-Human Visitors include, but are not limited to, web spiders, bots, indexers, robots, crawlers, harvesters, or any other computer programs designed to access, read, compile or gather content from the Website automatically. Non-Human Visitors are restricted from taxing the resources of the Website beyond what would be typical of a human visitor.

Furthermore, as specified by the "no-email-collection" flag in the header pages within this Website and/or the contents of the robots.txt file, email addresses on this site and other CoolBeat Internet Services are considered proprietary intellectual property of the author of this Website or other CoolBeat Internet Services. It is recognized that these email addresses are provided for human visitors alone, and have value in part because they are accessible only to said human visitors. By continuing to access the Website, You acknowledge and agree that each email address the Website contains has a value not less than US $50 derived from their relative secrecy. You further agree that the compilation, storage, and potential distribution of these addresses by Non-Human Visitors substantially diminish the value of these addresses. Intentional collection, harvesting, gathering, or storing email addresses by Non-Human Visitors is recognized under this agreement as a violation of this agreement and expressly prohibited.

Reviews, Comments, Communications, and Other Content

Visitors may post reviews, comments, and other content if applicable; and submit suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, or other information if applicable, so long as the content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of "spam." You may not use a false e-mail address (foiling spam robots by substituting a symbol or words for the @ sign is acceptable, as long as the implied substitution meaning remains clear), impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of your content. CoolBeat reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit such content, but does not regularly review posted content. CoolBeat Publishing, its owners, its partners, and its employees are not to be considered public entities or public figures by the media or other persons and organizations, regardless of whether or not they have appeared previously in public or in public record.

Your License to CoolBeat:

If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant CoolBeat and its affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media. You grant CoolBeat and its affiliates and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate this site's policies and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify CoolBeat Publishing or its affiliates for all claims resulting from content you supply. CoolBeat has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any activity or content. CoolBeat Publishing takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third party.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

THIS SITE IS PROVIDED BY CoolBeat ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. CoolBeat MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, OR MATERIALS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. CoolBeat RESERVES THE RIGHT TO WITHDRAW OR DELETE ANY INFORMATION FROM THIS SITE AT ANY TIME IN ITS DISCRETION.

TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, CoolBeat DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CoolBeat DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS SITE, ITS SERVERS, OR E-MAIL SENT FROM CoolBeat ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. CoolBeat WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

Site Policies, Modification, and Severability

Please review our other policies. These policies also govern your visit to CoolBeat. We reserve the right to make changes to our site, policies, and these Conditions of Use at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.