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By using our online services, you are legally bound by and hereby consent to our Terms of Use and <a href="https://forummmpub.com/index.php/index/Info/Privacy_Policy">Privacy Policy</a>. These Terms of Use form a contract between Forum Multimedia Publishing and you as the user (“User”).</p> <p><strong>2.</strong>Unless otherwise stated, the website and affiliated online services are the property of Forum Multimedia Publishing and the copyright of the website belongs to Forum Multimedia Publishing or its licensors. You may not copy, hack or modify the website or online services, or falsely claim that some other site is associated with Forum Multimedia Publishing.</p> <p><strong>3.</strong>Unless otherwise stated, articles published on the Forum Multimedia Publishing websites are labeled as “Open Access”.</p> <p><strong>4.</strong>You may register or otherwise create a user account, user name or password (your “Registration”) that allows you to access or receive certain content and/or to participate or utilize certain features of our online service. You represent and warrant that the information provided in your registration is accurate to the best of your knowledge. You are responsible for the use of any password you create as part of your registration and for maintaining its confidentiality, and you agree that Forum Multimedia Publishing may use this password to identify you. 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Forum Multimedia Publishing does not endorse any responsibility of any kind for the content of the advertisement or sponsorship or the advertised product or service, which is the responsibility of the advertiser or sponsor, unless the advertised product or service is offered by Forum Multimedia Publishing.</p> <p><strong>7.</strong>There is no warranty for the website and its content, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Forum Multimedia Publishing, the copyright holders and/or other parties provide the website and its content “as is” without representations or warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, satisfactory quality and fitness for a particular purpose relating to this website, its content or any to which it is linked. 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