TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

This Agreement ("Agreement") is entered into between you ("User") and Author INC ("Author INC," "we," "our," or "us"). By accessing or using the services provided by Author INC, including but not limited to the website https://www.authormagazine.com (the "Website"), you agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, please do not access or use the Website.

1. User Age:

You must be at least 16 years of age to use this Website. By accessing or using the Website, you confirm that you meet this requirement.

2. Acceptance of Terms:

By using our Website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. We reserve the right to modify, amend, or replace these Terms and Conditions at any time without notice. Your continued use of the Website after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms and Conditions.

3. Prohibited Activities:

You agree not to use the Website:

(a) In any way that breaches any applicable local, national, or international law or regulation.

(b) In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.

(c) For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way.

(d) Other than in the ordinary course of your trade, business, or profession.

(e) To knowingly transmit any data or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, or any other harmful programs.

(f) To copy, harvest, crawl, scrape, or store any Content available on the Website without express permission.

4. Intellectual Property Rights:

All Content and materials on the Website, including intellectual property rights, are owned by Author INC or our third-party licensors. You may not reproduce, modify, distribute, or exploit any part of the Website without written permission. The Author INC trademarks, logos, and brands are the exclusive property of Author INC.

5. Termination:

We reserve the right to terminate, suspend, or delete your account or access to the Website at our sole discretion, without prior notice, for any conduct that we believe violates these Terms and Conditions or is harmful to other users, us, or third parties, or for any other reason.

6. Governing Law:

These Terms and Conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of New York. Any legal action or proceeding relating to your access to or use of the Website shall be instituted in a state or federal court in New York, and you agree to submit to the jurisdiction of such courts.

ADDITIONAL COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE AGREEMENT:

7. Copyright and License:

You agree not to remove, obscure, or alter any copyright, patent, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices appearing on the Website. All Content, whether registered or non-registered, uploaded or presented in any form on this Website, belongs to the copyright of Author INC or its licensors. You may not sell, license, distribute, copy, modify, publicly perform or display, transmit, publish, edit, adapt, create derivative works from, or make any unauthorized copies of Content found on this Website.

You expressly acknowledge and agree that Website access is licensed and not sold to you. Subject to your compliance with these Terms and Conditions, Author INC, its licensors, affiliates, and its suppliers grant you a limited, personal, revocable, non-exclusive, and non-transferable license to use this Website. Except for the foregoing license, you have no other rights in the Website or any Content. You may not remove, modify, edit, copy, reproduce, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, obscure, alter, modify, enhance, or in any way exploit any of the Website, Author INC trademarks, or Content in any manner.

8. Ownership:

You acknowledge and agree that all rights, titles, and interests in and to the Website, its Content, and the Author INC trademarks belong to Author INC and its licensors. Author INC and its licensors do not transfer any ownership or proprietary rights to any User. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by Author INC and/or its licensors.

*BY USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU CONFIRM THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT THESE ADDITIONAL COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE TERMS. ANY VIOLATION OF THESE TERMS MAY RESULT IN LEGAL ACTION.*

*BY ACCESSING OR USING THE WEBSITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE.*