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End User Terms

1. Ownership. User agrees that Comtex Scientific Corporation ("COMTEX") and its information providers retain all rights, title and interests, including copyright and other proprietary rights, in the Service and all material, including but not limited to text, images, and other multimedia data, provided or made available as part of the Service ("Content").

2. Restrictions on Use. User agrees that it will not copy nor license, sell, transfer, make available or otherwise distribute the Service or Content to any entity or person, except that User may (a) make available to its employees electronic copies of Content, (b) allow its employees to store, manipulate, and reformat Content, and (c) allow its employees to make paper copies of Content, provided that such electronic and paper copies are used solely internally and are not distributed to any third parties. User shall use its best efforts to stop any unauthorized copying or distribution immediately after such unauthorized use becomes known. The provisions of this paragraph are for the benefit of COMTEX and its information providers, each of which shall have the right to enforce its rights hereunder directly and on its own behalf.

3. No Warranty. The Service is provided on an "AS IS" basis. COMTEX DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, PERFORMANCE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, THE SERVICE AND CONTENT. COMTEX makes no warranties regarding the completeness, accuracy or availability of the Service or Content.

4. Limitation of Liability. In no event shall COMTEX or its information providers be liable to User or any other person or entity for any direct, indirect, special, exemplary or consequential damages, including lost profits, based on breach of warranty, contract, negligence, strict liability or otherwise, arising under this Agreement or any performance under this Agreement, whether or not they or it had any knowledge, actual or constructive, that such damages might be incurred.

5. Indemnification. User shall indemnify and hold harmless COMTEX and its information providers against any claim, damages, loss, liability or expense arising out of User's use of the Service or Content in any way contrary to this Agreement.