Last Updated: September 10, 2022

Welcome to LectureRoom!

IMPORTANT! PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THESE TERMS OF USE, AS THEY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. These LectureRoom Terms of Use ("Terms of Use") apply to the websites, mobile apps, applications and other interactive features or services that post a link to these Terms of Use (each, a "Service" and collectively, the "Services" or "LectureRoom Websites"). LectureRoom,  and our subsidiaries are referred to collectively in these Terms of Use as "LectureRoom," "LectureRoom Websites," "we" or "our." "You," "your" and "user" refer to any person or entity using the Services.

These Terms of Use govern your use of the Services, regardless of how you access them, whether by computer, mobile device, or otherwise; and whether directly through our Services, or through any third-party website that links to them ("Linked Services"), and regardless of whether you are a registered user or a guest.

Please note that different terms may apply to you based on where you live. Make sure you read the jurisdiction-specific terms for your country or province.

By clicking "I Accept" or by using the Services, you agree to the Terms of Use. If you do not agree to the Terms of Use, you are not authorized to use the Services and you must cease all such use immediately.

ARBITRATION NOTICE: UNLESS YOU OPT OUT OF ARBITRATION WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE DATE YOU FIRST AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE BY FOLLOWING THE OPT-OUT PROCEDURE SPECIFIED IN THE "DISPUTE RESOLUTION" SECTION BELOW, AND EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED BY LOCAL LAW OR FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF DISPUTES DESCRIBED IN THE "DISPUTE RESOLUTION" SECTION BELOW, YOU AGREE THAT DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND LECTUREROOM WILL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING, INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION AND YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OR CLASS-WIDE ARBITRATION.

In some instances, both these Terms of Use and additional terms and conditions may apply to a service or product offered via the Services ("Additional Terms"). We will make those Additional Terms available to You with the relevant Services. If you use those Services, the Additional Terms that apply will become part of this agreement between You and LectureRoom. To the extent there is a conflict between these Terms of Use and any Additional Terms, the Additional Terms will control unless the Additional Terms expressly state otherwise.

Account Registration and Termination

LectureRoom provides a variety of services, both online and offline, designed to improve the overall academic experience and help users save money. You may only have one LectureRoom account for use of the Services. You may not create or use more than one account, and you may not share your account or any of the Services with others. All information you provide to create an account must be accurate and complete. You may not impersonate any other person or use a name that is not your own. It is your responsibility to update your account information to keep it current and accurate. When you set up an account, you must also choose a password. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password, and for any and all use of your account. You agree not to use the account, username, or password of another user at any time, nor to disclose your password to any third-party. You agree you will not sell or share or otherwise transfer your membership or any membership rights. You agree to notify LectureRoom immediately if you suspect any unauthorized use of your account or access to your password. LectureRoom has the right to terminate your account for any reason at our sole discretion without notice to you.

Age and Residence Requirements

The Services are available to individuals age 13 and over. If you are between the ages of 13 and the age of majority where you live, you must review these Terms of Use with your parent or guardian to confirm that you and your parent or guardian understand and agree to it. By registering, you certify that you are not on any list of restricted persons with whom it is unlawful for a South African company to do business. LectureRoom operates the majority of its Services in South Africa. LectureRoom makes no representations or warranties that the Services are appropriate for use or access in other locations. Anyone using or accessing the Services from other locations does so on their own initiative and is responsible for compliance with South African's and local laws regarding online conduct and acceptable content, if and to the extent such laws are applicable. We reserve the right to limit the availability of the Services and/or the provision of any content, program, product, service or other feature to any person, geographic area, or jurisdiction, at any time and in our sole discretion, and to limit the quantities of any such content, program, product, service or other feature that we provide. We will notify you before we exercise these rights, except when we are not required to and when required to protect our reputation, the integrity of our services or if you breach these Terms of Use.

Proprietary Rights

The Services are owned and operated by LectureRoom. Unless otherwise explicitly specified by LectureRoom, all materials that are included in or otherwise a part of the Services, including past, present, and future versions, domain names, source and object code, the text, site design, logos, graphics, bibliographic and citation information, citation guides, icons, and book cover images, as well as the selection, assembly and arrangement thereof and the "look and feel" of the Services (collectively, "LectureRoom Content"), are owned, controlled, or licensed by LectureRoom or LectureRoom's third-party partners. LectureRoom Content is protected from unauthorized use, copying and dissemination by copyright, trademark, patent, and other laws, rules, regulations, and treaties. All rights in images of books or other publications included in the Services are reserved by the copyright owners of such materials. Portions of the bibliographic and citation content included in the Services are supplied by third-parties. Any unauthorized use of LectureRoom Content is prohibited. Any unauthorized use of the materials appearing on the Services may violate copyright, trademark, patent, and other applicable laws, rules, regulations, and treaties, and could result in criminal or civil penalties.

Your License to Use LectureRoom Content

Subject to your compliance with these Terms of Use, LectureRoom grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-commercial, revocable, and non-transferable license to view the LectureRoom Content. You may only use the Services for your own personal use. You agree not to view, copy, or procure content or information from the Services by automated means (such as scripts, bots, spiders, crawlers, or scrapers), or to use other data mining technology or processes to frame, mask, extract data or other materials from the LectureRoom Content (except as may be a result of standard search engine or Internet browser usage), unless formally authorized by LectureRoom under separate written agreement. No materials from the Services may be copied, reproduced, modified, republished, downloaded, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any form or by any means without LectureRoom's prior written permission or as expressly provided in these Terms of Use. When you download or use the LectureRoom Content as authorized by these Terms of Use, you must: (a) keep intact any and all copyright and other proprietary notices; (b) make no modifications to the LectureRoom Content; and (c) not copy or adapt any object code associated with the Services or reverse engineer, modify or attempt to discover any source code associated with the Services, or allow or assist any third-party (whether or not for your benefit) to do so. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. Where you purchase a license to access any LectureRoom Content, you may not share that license with others. LectureRoom may impose reasonable limits on your scope of access to LectureRoom Content, including limits on time or number of materials accessed or machines used to access such Content, to prevent unauthorized third-party access to or use of that Content.

Social Distribution and Widgets

LectureRoom may allow you but only through express written permission to engage in certain personal uses of LectureRoom Content that include the ability to share certain LectureRoom Content with others ("Social Distribution"). For example, the Services may allow you to send certain LectureRoom Content to friends, display LectureRoom Content on your personal website or post LectureRoom Content on a third-party website. You agree that you will not imply that you and LectureRoom are affiliated in any way or that LectureRoom approves of your comments. We reserve the right to revoke our permission for Social Distribution at any time to protect our reputation, the integrity of our services or if you breach these Terms of Use, and you agree to immediately cease Social Distribution upon receiving a notice revoking our permission and to comply with any terms we post in connection with the Social Distribution of LectureRoom Content.

Similarly, the Services may provide content that you may choose to embed on your personal web page, third-party website or social networking site by pasting the HTML or other code provided by us (typically labelled as an embed code) ("Widgets"). Widgets are LectureRoom Content and subject to the limited, revocable license described above. We may discontinue providing the services necessary for the Widgets to operate or we may disable Widgets you have embedded at any time for any reason without any liability to you. You agree that our permission to you to use Widgets does not provide you (or any third-party) with any intellectual property rights in or to the Widget or any LectureRoom Content made available via any Widget.

Notice to Third-Party Websites

Any LectureRoom Content made available in connection with your site, or otherwise, by our Widgets, third-party widgets or otherwise, is our exclusive property and no grant of any intellectual property rights is made by us. We retain the right to demand that you cease any use of LectureRoom Content upon notice.

Digital Content

If you receive as part of your order access codes, passwords or downloads or publisher created online digital services content ("Digital Content"), then, when activating the codes, downloading content or logging in to access or use Digital Content, you may be required to agree to certain additional terms and conditions ("Digital Content Terms") before you may access the Digital Content. Read the Digital Content Terms for each Digital Content you purchase, as different Digital Content may come with different restrictions or may be updated from time to time. If there is a conflict between the Digital Content Terms and these Terms of Use, the Digital Content Terms supersede the Terms of Use only to the extent of your use of the relevant Digital Content.

User Content and Activities

When you submit, post, upload, embed, display, communicate, link to, email or otherwise distribute or publish any review, problem, suggestion, idea, solution, question, answer, class notes, course outline bibliographic and citation information comment, testimonial, feedback, message, image, video, text, profile data or other material ("User Content") to LectureRoom, any LectureRoom employee or contractor, or a LectureRoom Website, you grant LectureRoom and our affiliates, licensees, distributors, agents, representatives and other entities or individuals authorized by LectureRoom, a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, unlimited, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully sublicensable (through multiple tiers) and fully transferable right to exercise any and all copyright, trademark, publicity, and database rights you have in the content, in any media known now or in the future, and to make, use, reproduce, copy, display, publish, exhibit, distribute, modify, sell, offer for sale, create derivative works based upon and otherwise use the User Content.

Note that we may create, facilitate, or display social advertisements, whereby your name, profile and photo may be used to advertise products and services to your network based on your use of the Services and your interactions with LectureRoom.

You further agree that LectureRoom is free to use any ideas or concepts contained in any User Content for any purposes whatsoever, including, without limitation, developing, manufacturing and marketing products and services, and creating informational articles, without any payment of any kind to you. You authorize LectureRoom to publish your User Content in a searchable format that may be accessed by users of the Services and the internet. To the fullest extent permitted by law, you (a) waive (to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law) any moral rights you may have in any User Content you submit in favor of LectureRoom and its successors-in-interest, even if such User Content is altered or changed in a manner not agreeable to you and (b) agree and consent to LectureRoom doing, or refraining to do, any act that would otherwise infringe any moral rights you have (to the extent that any moral rights cannot be waived under applicable law).

LectureRoom is not required to host, display, or distribute, and may remove at any time, any User Content. LectureRoom reserves the right to change the format, sizing, and any other display specifications of the Content as it sees fit.

You represent and warrant that (i) you own the User Content submitted by you on, through or in connection with the Services, or otherwise have the right to grant the licenses set forth in this section, and (ii) the posting of your User Content on, through or in connection with the Services and/or Linked Services does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other rights of any person or entity. Upon LectureRoom's request, you will furnish LectureRoom any documentation, substantiation or releases necessary to verify your compliance with these Terms of Use.

Except as otherwise described in the posted Privacy Policy, or other agreement on the Services presented at the time you provide your User Content (defined below), you agree that your User Content will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary and will not be returned. You acknowledge and agree that your relationship with LectureRoom is not a confidential, fiduciary, or other type of special relationship, and that your decision to submit any User Content does not place LectureRoom in a position that is any different from the position held by members of the general public, including with regard to your User Content. None of your User Content will be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of LectureRoom.

It is our policy not to accept or consider content, information, ideas, suggestions, or other materials other than those we have specifically requested, to which certain specific terms, conditions and requirements may apply. This is to avoid any misunderstandings if your ideas are similar to those we have developed or are developing independently.

You agree that LectureRoom has no obligation to monitor or enforce your intellectual property rights to your User Content but has the right to protect and enforce its and its licensees' rights to your User Content. You further acknowledge and agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, LectureRoom will not have any obligation to you with regard to User Content and that LectureRoom may or may not monitor, display or accept your User Content and may delete it at any time. We may, but are not obligated to, review User Content prior to posting it on or distributing it through the Services, or allowing them to be distributed through the Services. This includes private messages exchanged by you and other users through the Services. This "User Content and Activities" section shall survive any expiration or termination of your relationship with LectureRoom.

Acceptable Use Policy

You are solely responsible for the User Content you submit, through or in connection with our Services, and any material or information that you transmit to other users and for your interactions with other users. When you contribute, upload, or otherwise provide User Content via the Services, you agree to comply with the following Community Usage Rules. In addition to removing such prohibited materials, LectureRoom may terminate the responsible accounts, and/or report such activities to law enforcement authorities as appropriate.

Prohibited user content includes, but is not limited to, material that LectureRoom determines:

• is patently offensive or promotes or otherwise incites racism, bigotry, hatred, or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
• harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
• exploits people in a sexual or violent manner or contains nudity, excessive violence, or offensive subject matter or contains a link to an adult or otherwise objectionable website;
• posts information that poses or creates a privacy or security risk to any person;
• constitutes or promotes information that you know is false or misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
• constitutes or promotes an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person's copyrighted work, such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent manufacturer-installed copy-protect devices, or providing pirated music or links to pirated music files;
• involves the transmission of "junk mail," "chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing, instant messaging, "spimming," or "spamming";
• contains restricted or password only access pages or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page) or solicits or is designed to solicit passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users;
• furthers or promotes any criminal activity or enterprise or provides instructional information about illegal activities including, but not limited to, making or buying illegal weapons or providing or creating computer viruses;
• involves commercial activities and/or sales without prior written consent from LectureRoom such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, or pyramid schemes;
• includes a photograph or video of another person that you have posted without that person's consent; or
• violates or attempts to violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, patent rights, trademark rights, contract rights or any other rights of any person.

Prohibited activities include, without limitation:

• unauthorized advertising to, or solicitation of, any user to buy or sell any products or services;
• circumventing or modifying, attempting to circumvent or modify, or encouraging or assisting any other person in circumventing or modifying any security technology or software that is part of our Services;
• activity that involves the use of viruses, bots, worms, or any other computer code, files or programs that interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware, or otherwise permit the unauthorized use of or access to a computer or a computer network;
• modifying, copying, distributing, downloading, scraping or transmitting in any form or by any means, in whole or in part, any content from the Services;
• covering or obscuring the banner advertisements and/or safety features (e.g., report abuse button) on your personal profile page, or any LectureRoom page via HTML/CSS or any other means;
• any automated use of the Services, such as, but not limited to, using scripts to send messages or posts;
• interfering with, disrupting, or creating an undue burden on the Services or the networks or services connected to the Services;
• displaying an unauthorized commercial advertisement on your profile, or accepting payment or anything of value from a third person in exchange for your performing any commercial activity using the Services on behalf of that person, such as placing commercial content on review posts or solutions, links to e-commerce sites not authorized by LectureRoom, or sending messages with a commercial purpose;
• activity unrelated or disruptive to the Services, such as intentionally distributing the wrong solutions to problems, submissions that force browsers to scroll horizontally, large blank or content-free submissions, "Bumping" multiple older topics (posting in them a long time after the last post), posting multiple identical or near-identical messages or topics, including "fad" topics, hard-to-read topic titles (e.g., ALL CAPS, AlTeRnAtE cApS, no spaces, no or excessive punctuation), or multiple hard-to-read or nonsensical messages in a single or multiple topics; or
• using the Services in a manner inconsistent with any applicable law.

Service Modifications

LectureRoom reserves the right, in our sole discretion, to make changes to or discontinue any of the Services at any time. Any description of the Services provided by LectureRoom is not a representation that the Services are working or will always work in that manner, as LectureRoom is continuously updating the Services, and these updates may not always be reflected in the Terms of Use.

Mobile Use

The Services may offer features and services that are available to you via your mobile device. These features and services may include, without limitation, the ability to upload content to the Services, receive messages from the Services, download applications to your mobile phone or access features from the Services (collectively, the "Mobile Features"). We may charge for Mobile Features and these charges will be disclosed prior to completion of registration for the Mobile Feature. Also, standard messaging, data and other fees may be charged by your carrier. Carrier fees and charges will appear on your mobile bill or be deducted from your pre-paid balance. Your carrier may prohibit or restrict certain Mobile Features and certain Mobile Features may be incompatible with your carrier or mobile device. Contact your carrier with questions regarding these issues.

 

If you change or terminate your mobile account, you agree to promptly update your LectureRoom account information so that any messages or notices from LectureRoom regarding the Services are sent to you and not to the person who is assigned your old number.

 

For any of our mobile apps, you agree that the third-party store or platform through which our apps are available (including, without limitation, the Apple App Store) is not liable to you in connection with our apps. If you use any ISBN scan feature of the Services, you are responsible for verifying the accuracy of the scanned code before relying on it.

Email and Text Message Notifications

Notifications or receipts from LectureRoom will be delivered to you by email at the address you provided to LectureRoom when you created your account or as later updated. You may also opt to receive text message reminders from LectureRoom as a courtesy to you. Please review our text message mobile disclosures, which are incorporated into the Terms of Use. LectureRoom may contact you, sometimes through an automated or pre-recorded message, using the phone numbers you provide to LectureRoom, including wireless numbers, to provide the Services. LectureRoom will not ask you for your personal information, account username, and password, or any information about you or your method of payment via email or text message. If you receive such an email or text message purportedly from LectureRoom, it is fraudulent and LectureRoom will have no responsibility for any misuse of any information you provide as a result.

Account Cancellation

You may request cancellation of your account at any time throughout your use of our Services. LectureRoom may cancel your account in its sole discretion for any reason, including but not limited to inactivity or misuse. Even if your account is cancelled, your photos, bibliographic and citation information, comments, likes, friendships, and any other data you have shared via the Services may persist within the Service after cancellation of your account (for example, if your content has been reshared by others).

Payments and Payment Processing

Validation: LectureRoom may require users of the Services to provide a valid method of payment (e.g., credit or debit card, etc.) tied to an account at a financial institution when they register for an account (to ensure users are able to make applicable payments to LectureRoom) or upon ordering products or services. If a method of payment is required, you are responsible for ensuring that a valid method of payment is always associated with your LectureRoom account (either the original method of payment or a replacement). To confirm your method of payment is valid, LectureRoom may initiate a "pending" charge on the account. This charge will not be confirmed and, therefore, you will not be charged, and it will simply disappear from your financial statement (usually within seven days - check with your financial institution for additional information). Please be aware that this pending charge may be initiated each time you edit the payment information for your account or place an order that cannot be processed.

Third-Party Links, Content and Applications

There may be links from the Services, or from communications you receive from the Services, to third-party websites or online features. The Services also may include third-party content that we do not control, maintain, or endorse.

Functionality on the Services may also permit interactions between the Services and a third-party website or online feature, including applications that connect the Services or your profile on the Services with a third-party site. For example, the Services may include a button enabling you to indicate, on your social networking page, that you "like" a specific product on the Services, or a feature that lets you post to your social networking page a link to a specific product or the ability to share content from the Services or your User Content with a third-party, which may be publicly posted on that third-party's website. Using this functionality typically requires you to login to your account on the third-party website. We do not control any of these third-party sites or any of their content. Neither LectureRoom nor its service providers are responsible for the practices of any third-party. Accordingly, you expressly acknowledge and agree that we make no representations or warranties about the completeness, accuracy, or existence of any advertising, products, or other materials on or available from third-party sites or online features and any reliance placed by you on such materials is at your own risk. YOUR CORRESPONDENCE AND BUSINESS DEALINGS WITH SUCH THIRD-PARTIES FOUND THROUGH THE SERVICES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE PAYMENT AND DELIVERY OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, AND ANY TERMS, CONDITIONS, WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY SUCH DEALINGS, ARE SOLELY BETWEEN YOU AND THE THIRD-PARTY.

Linking Policy

LectureRoom grants you the revocable permission to link to the websites on which these Terms of Use are posted; provided, however, that any link to such a website: (a) must not frame or create a browser or border environment around any of the content on such websites or otherwise mirror any part of such websites; (b) must not imply that LectureRoom or the Services are endorsing or sponsoring any third-party or its products or services, unless LectureRoom has given the third-party prior written consent; (c) must not present false, misleading or offensive information about LectureRoom or its products or services; (d) must not use any LectureRoom trademarks without the prior written permission from LectureRoom; (e) must not contain content that could be construed as distasteful, offensive or controversial or otherwise objectionable; and (f) must be owned and controlled by you or the person or entity placing the link, or otherwise permit you to enable such link subject to these Terms of Use. By linking to a LectureRoom Website, you agree that you do and will continue to comply with the above linking requirements.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these Terms of Use, LectureRoom reserves the right to prohibit linking to any LectureRoom Website for any reason in our sole and absolute discretion.

Course Searches and Other Information Specific to an Academic Institution

We may tie your LectureRoom experience to information about the school you have identified to LectureRoom. For certain schools, the Services enable you to search and retrieve information about the materials required for particular courses. Please be aware that course information and assigned materials may change from time to time, and LectureRoom may not receive updated information from the school in a timely manner. LectureRoom is not responsible for any errors in the information provided in the course searches on the Services. Where specific school names or information relate to a specific school are displayed, they do not imply any endorsement or approval by the school. Except where specifically stated, LectureRoom has no affiliation with nor endorsement from any academic institution, and school names and information are used on the Services only to the extent necessary to organize, identify and permit use of information and sections of the Services that may be tailored to students of a particular school, or for other lawful uses.

Assignment Guides, Study Notes, Exam Packs and Tutorial Videos Usage

LectureRoom's Assignment Guides, Study Notes, Exam Packs and Tutorial Video services are available merely as informational and study aids and should not be considered substitutes for applicable coursework, assignment, class and lecture requirements, assignments, and related materials. In using the Services, you specifically agree not to use, claim, or submit as your own any portion of the help materials. LectureRoom does not guarantee the accuracy or quality of answers or other study material that appear on the Services, some of which may be posted by other users. You further agree the Services may present information that is incorrect or inconsistent when compared to similar content and materials, including solutions and their methodologies, provided, or preferred by publishers of applicable problems or instructors of applicable courses.

LectureRoom may permit users to upload and in some cases sell content for the purpose of aiding others in the education and learning process. Users may not post content owned or created (except if it is in the public domain) by another person and hereby represent and warrant that: (i) each was created by the user and the user is the sole owner of all content posted to Services sites and all rights in such content (except for public domain content), including, without limitation, copyright and (ii) the posting of Content on or through the Services will not breach the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights, intellectual property rights or any other rights of any third-party. Users agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing to any third-party for any content provided by you to the Services. Users of the Services agree to exclude from such content any documents, records or files made accessible to them by (a) your school, professor or other instructor, (b) any board of examination, (c) any author or publisher whose works have been used as part of studies or (d) any co-student.

In creating study related content, students must respect any intellectual property rights that others may have in content. All content posted on the Services must be independently created, transformative and non-derivative. It should not be a transcript or recording of another's independent efforts, nor should it copy from materials purchased from or created by others. It should go beyond simply summarizing material covered in class or in written or recorded materials, but include information raised by students in or outside of class, and independent thought, analysis, and commentary. Class notes, for example, must be substantially rewritten after class and include independent thought and analysis, research and information; notes that use a lecturer's words or that are not carefully reviewed, rethought and rewritten after class are not useful to or appreciated by students, and not permitted on the Services.

Schools may have their own policies that place restrictions on a student's ability to make commercial use of study materials, even otherwise lawful materials that the student has independently created. You are responsible for becoming familiar with such policies, abiding by them, and discontinuing the use of any Services if such use is contrary to your school policy or the instruction of your professor.

Class notes and study guides are solely for the specific use of students in the designated class for which they are created. Individuals who are not registered for a class may not purchase study guides, class notes or outlines for that class. Check the accuracy of all information from study guides, class notes, answers, and outlines – to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, LectureRoom does not guarantee their accuracy or completeness, they are simply an aid to the study process.

Learning Courses

LectureRoom may offer third-party learning videos and instructional material. LectureRoom does not hire or employ Instructors. We are not responsible for the content of such third-party materials, nor the advice provided in such materials. We do not control such materials and, as such, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, do not guarantee their reliability, validity, accuracy, or truthfulness. Completing such courses may provide you with skills and experience that may help your career prospects, but as noted above, there are a large number of factors tied to your career and completing such courses is no guarantee of improved employability or enhanced career prospects.

Live Online Classes

LectureRoom may offer live online classes to help students prepare for a variety of assessments including examinations, assignments and tests. Any live online class branded as LectureRoom's and offered through the LectureRoom Websites are copyrighted and the property of LectureRoom and are for the sole personal non-commercial use of individuals who register with LectureRoom and pay for such services, subject to these Terms of Use. LectureRoom live online classes are not endorsed nor affiliated with the companies or institutions who offer the examinations, assignments and tests itself.

Bibliography and Citation Services

LectureRoom may offer citation, bibliography and plagiarism checker services, including but not limited to, EasyBib, BibMe, Cite This For Me, Citation Machine, Normas APA and other writing tools through the LectureRoom Websites to help students and their educators develop student reading and writing skills. To the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, LectureRoom does not guarantee the accuracy or quality of content that appears on the Services in connection with such citation, bibliography and plagiarism checker services and other writing tools.

Indemnity

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the LectureRoom Parties from and against any and all loss, liability, damages, judgments, claims, demands, costs, investigations, settlements, and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or directly or indirectly relating to (a) your User Content; (b) your breach or anticipatory breach of these Terms of Use; (c) your violation of any laws, rules, regulations, codes, statutes, ordinances or orders of any governmental and quasi-governmental authorities, including, without limitation, all regulatory, administrative and legislative authorities; (d) information or material transmitted through your computer, even if not submitted by you, that infringes, violates or misappropriates any copyright, trademark, trade secret, trade dress, patent, publicity, privacy or other right of any person or defames any person; (e) any misrepresentation made by you; or (f) the LectureRoom Parties' use of your information or User Content as permitted under these Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy, or any other written agreement between you and LectureRoom. You will cooperate as fully required by the LectureRoom Parties in the defence of any claim. The LectureRoom Parties reserve the right to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and you will not in any event settle any claim without the prior written consent of a duly authorized employee of the LectureRoom Parties. These indemnity obligations shall survive any expiration or termination of your relationship with LectureRoom.

Reporting Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Violations

LectureRoom respects the intellectual property rights of others and takes the protection of copyrights and other intellectual property seriously. Only the intellectual property rights owner or person authorized to act on behalf of the owner can report potentially infringing content. If you believe your work has been infringed through the Services, please notify us at LectureRoom at legal@Lectureroom.co.za.  Please take note to include all of the following in your report:

• Your contact information, including name, address, telephone number, and email address.
• A description of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed.
• A reasonably specific description of where the allegedly infringing material is located on the Services (including, e.g., the URL).
• A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the allegedly infringing material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• Your electronic or physical signature;
• A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf; and
• Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party.

NOTE: This contact information is for inquiries regarding potential copyright and other infringement only.

It is often difficult to determine if your intellectual property rights have been violated. We may request additional information before we remove any infringing material. If a dispute develops as to the correct owner of the rights in question, we reserve the right to remove your content along with that of the alleged infringer pending resolution of the matter.

LectureRoom will provide you with notice if your materials have been removed based on a third-party complaint of alleged infringement of the third-party's intellectual property rights.

IF YOU KNOWINGLY MISREPRESENT THAT MATERIAL IS OR IS NOT INFRINGING, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO CIVIL PENALTIES. THESE INCLUDE MONETARY DAMAGES, COURT COSTS, AND ATTORNEYS' FEES INCURRED BY LECTUREROOM, BY ANY COPYRIGHT OWNER, OR BY ANY COPYRIGHT OWNER'S LICENSEE THAT IS INJURED AS A RESULT OF RELIANCE UPON YOUR MISREPRESENTATION. YOU MAY ALSO BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR PERJURY. You agree we may provide your notice to the provider of the allegedly infringing material.

We have a policy of terminating accounts of users who repeatedly and intentionally infringe the intellectual property rights of others.

Informal Dispute

There might be instances when a Dispute (as defined under “Dispute Resolution” below) arises between you and LectureRoom. If that occurs, LectureRoom is committed to working with you to reach a reasonable resolution. You and LectureRoom agree that good faith informal efforts to resolve Disputes can result in a prompt, low-cost and mutually beneficial outcome. Except to the extent prohibited by applicable consumer protection law, you and LectureRoom therefore agree that before either party commences arbitration or against the other (or initiates an action in small claims court if a party so elects), we will personally meet and confer telephonically or via videoconference, in a good faith effort to resolve informally any Dispute covered by this Arbitration Agreement (“Informal Dispute Resolution Conference"). If you are represented by counsel, your counsel may participate in the conference, but you will also participate in the conference.

A Message to Students

As current and former students, the LectureRoom team understands the pressures and time constraints school creates. That being said, we also know from the unfortunate tales of our peers that the risk you take by violating your school's code of academic integrity is not worth the reward. Copying solutions or posting unexplained final answers promotes completion without comprehension, and that's something we don't support on the Services.

A Message to Subject Experts

We are always seeking opportunities to work with subject experts in making our Websites a valuable resource for both you and your classroom for years to come. If you need to contact us concerning an issue of academic integrity, please email us on study@lectureroom.co.za

 

Contacting LectureRoom

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the LectureRoom Websites or Services, please write to us at legal@lectureroom.co.za. All notices, authorizations, and requests to LectureRoom shall be deemed given on receipt by LectureRoom.