Set out below are the terms and conditions on which you agree to engage in the activities of the Website including:

• Browsing the Website;
• Contributing Material to the Website;
• Using any features or participating in any activities of the Website.

By registering and\or participating in the activities of the Website, you accept these terms and conditions.

You acknowledge that these terms and conditions constitute a legally enforceable contract between eBooks.com Online Reader and you. If you do not accept these terms and conditions, you must not register or participate in the activities of the Website.

Introduction

The Website is a social networking site devoted to books, readers and authors. eBooks.com Online Reader provides the platform and tools for the Website but the contents of the Website are contributed by members. You acknowledge that as a member and user of the Website it is your responsibility to ensure that the Material contributed by you is appropriate and complies with the following terms and conditions.

Definitions

1. The following words and phrases have the meanings given to them in these terms and conditions:
   1. eBooks.com Online Reader means Ebooks.com Ltd (ACN 079 960 679) trading as eBooks.com Online Reader.
   2. Website means the website having the domain name www.ebooks.com or such other domain name as may be advised by eBooks.com Online Reader in the future.
   3. You mean the person who is registering as a member under these terms and conditions.
   4. Copyright Act means the Australian Copyright Act 1968 (Cth).
   5. Material means any material posted by you on the Website including any chatroom content, blog, comment, written material, ratings or any other subject matter posted by you on the Website.
   6. Ratings System means the rating system features of the Website which enable users to provide ratings and comment on the content of the Website and the conduct and reliability of other users.
2. Where appropriate, words and phrases used in these terms and conditions have the meanings given to them in the Copyright Act. For example, communicate means make available online or electronically transmit, etc as set out in section 10 of the Copyright Act.

Your registration

1. On registering to use the Website, you warrant and represent that:
   1. The information you provide to eBooks.com Online Reader is true, complete, accurate and up to date.
   2. You are at least 18 years old.
2. You must not:
   1. Register if you are less than 18 years old.
   2. Allow any other person to use your registration to access or use the Website.
   3. Divulge your password or other registration information to any other person.
3. You must immediately notify eBooks.com Online Reader of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your registration. You are responsible for all Material placed on the Website using your registration and will indemnify eBooks.com Online Reader for any loss or damage suffered as a result of such Material.
4. eBooks.com Online Reader may at any time terminate or suspend your registration at its absolute discretion.

Fees

1. At present, there is no cost to register as a member or user of the Website. Should eBooks.com Online Reader introduce any fees or charges at any time in the future, eBooks.com Online Reader will notify you and seek your agreement before any fees are charged.

Copyright

1. You acknowledge that all content placed on the Website is subject to Australian and international copyright laws.
2. You must not reproduce, communicate or do any other act in relation to any work or other subject matter on the Website which would result in an infringement of copyright. Without limiting the above, you must not (except where expressly permitted by these terms and conditions or where permitted by the fair use provisions in the Copyright Act):
   1. Copy or publish any content or work or other subject matter contributed by any other person.
   2. Download any content or work or other subject matter.
   3. Send a copy of any content or work or other subject matter to any other person.
   4. Communicate any content or work or other subject matter contributed by any other person.
   5. Sell, let or hire, or offer for sale, let or hire, or distribute any article which is an infringing copy of any content or work or other subject matter contributed by any other person.
   6. Make any commercial use of any content or work or other subject matter.
3. You may store and display content on your own computer and make a single hard copy of a reasonable number of individual pages for your own personal use. By placing Material on the Website, you grant a licence to other users to store and display your Material on the user's computer and to make a single hard copy for the user's own personal use.
4. In relation to your Material, you acknowledge and agree that all Material contributed by you must not infringe the copyright or other intellectual property rights of any other person. You must not contribute Material which will result in an infringement of copyright or other intellectual property rights.
5. You warrant and represent to eBooks.com Online Reader that:
   1. Subject to (c) below, you are the sole owner of copyright in all Material posted on the Website.
   2. Subject to (c) below, you are the sole author of all Material posted on the Website.
   3. Where the Material is a work of joint authorship and\or there are joint owners of copyright, you are a joint author and\or joint owner of copyright and all other joint authors and joint owners of copyright have agreed to you making the Material available on the Website;
   4. The making of any Material and its inclusion on the Website will not infringe the copyright or other intellectual property rights of any other person.
   5. You have not granted any licence to or entered into any agreement with any other person in relation to any Material which is inconsistent with the making of the Material or its inclusion on the Website.
   6. You have not entered into any agreement with any other person which is inconsistent with these terms and conditions.
   7. Subject to (h), you are entitled to be named as the author of any Material and you being named as author will not infringe the moral rights or any other rights of any other person.
   8. Where the Material is a work of joint authorship, you are entitled to be named as a joint author of the Material and you have identified all other joint authors and the moral rights of any other person are not infringed.
6. By making Material available on the Website, you grant to eBooks.com Online Reader a worldwide, perpetual, transferable, non-exclusive, royalty free licence to include the Material on the Website and to permit users of the Website to view the Material on the Website and to store and copy the Material as permitted by these terms and conditions.

Intellectual property

1. eBooks.com Online Reader retains all intellectual property rights in relation to the Website including the content of the Website provided by eBooks.com Online Reader and all trade marks, domain names and indicia used in relation to the Website. You must not use any trade mark, domain name or other name or indicia belonging to eBooks.com Online Reader.

Restrictions on Material

1. You must not post or attempt to post any Material on the Website which contains any material or content which:
   1. is defamatory;
   2. is abusive, threatening or offensive;
   3. is obscene;
   4. is discriminatory or offensive in terms of race, gender, sexual preference, religious views or otherwise;
   5. is maliciously false or which falsely denigrates any person, product or services;
   6. breaches any obligation of confidence owed to any person;
   7. is misleading or deceptive;
   8. involves the use of a trade mark, name or indicia which is not owned by you;
   9. amounts to harassment, stalking or similar conduct;
   10. would result in a contempt of court, or breach of a suppression or other court order limiting the publication of information relating to court proceedings;
   11. involves the sale or promotion of commercial products, surveys, contests or advertising;
   12. is otherwise unlawful or which may give rise to legal action against you.
2. In contributing Material or using the Website, you must not:
   1. attempt to impersonate any person;
   2. state or imply that you represent any person, company or other entity when this is not the case;
   3. attempt to alter or edit any material or content posted by another person or other content of the Website;
   4. engage in any conduct which is illegal under any law;
   5. engage in spamming or other conduct involving the sending of unsolicited emails;
   6. solicit for business by placing advertising or other Material or other content on the Website (except where expressly permitted by eBooks.com Online Reader);
   7. do anything which affects the functioning of the Website or any other website, including the use of viruses, Trojan horses or other means of analyzing, interrupting or adversely affecting the functionality of the Website or any other website;
   8. use any automated system (including those known as a site crawler, spider or robot) to access or analyze any information or content of the Website (except where permitted by eBooks.com Online Reader);
   9. engage in the activity known as hacking or otherwise attempt to access restricted areas of the Website or other computer systems though the Website;
   10. attempt to access any person’s personal information held by eBooks.com Online Reader;
   11. attempt to disable, circumvent or otherwise interfere with the security features of the Website, including any Digital Rights Management features of the Website;
   12. place any link on the Website or other means by which users of the Website can access other websites;
   13. unfairly denigrate the Website or any activities engaged in by any users of the Website;
   14. Place any advertisement or unauthorised material on the Website.
3. You acknowledge that the material placed on the Website is contributed by users and that the opinions, views, advice and statements made in such material are not made or provided by eBooks.com Online Reader. eBooks.com Online Reader is not responsible for such material or any reliance on such material by you. eBooks.com Online Reader excludes any liability for any loss or damage suffered by you by reason of any material or content on the Website or your reliance on such material or content.