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American Mathematical Society (AMS) Electronic Journals Subscription Agreement

This subscription agreement covers the following AMS online journals:

• Conformal Geometry and Dynamics, An Electronic Journal of the AMS
• Journal of the AMS
• Mathematics of Computation
• Proceedings of the AMS
• Representation Theory, An Electronic Journal of the AMS
• Transactions of the AMS

Terms and Conditions

1. Scope of License.
   Institutional Subscriber Use Restrictions

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The subscription includes authorization by means of the institution's IP address to allow site-wide online access by authorized users via multiple connections. Authorized users must be employees, faculty, staff, or students officially affiliated with the subscriber, or authorized on-site clients of the subscriber's library facilities.

Sites may be academic or nonacademic. For academic institutions, different campuses are considered different sites even if they are within the same city. Departments or libraries of the same campus are considered part of the same site. For nonacademic institutions, sites are defined as geographically separate units, even if they are within the same city. Each branch, office, or laboratory is a different site.

Individual Subscriber Use Restrictions The subscription includes one (1) User-ID and a password to allow online access from any site by the authorized user.

This subscription entitles authorized users to access AMS electronic journals to:

1. make searches of the AMS electronic journals to which they subscribe
2. make one or more copies in hard copy form of the output of any search; such copies may not be sold and may not be distributed to anyone who is not an authorized user; and
3. download search results to hard disk or diskette, provided that such data are not made available to anyone who is not an authorized user.

An authorized user may not make AMS electronic journals available to anyone other than another authorized user, whether by telephone link, Internet connection, or by permitting access through his or her terminal or computer, or by other similiar or dissimilar means or arrangements.

The subscriber is solely responsible for all security, and all use (including unauthorized use), of the subscriber's User-ID and password.

2. Term and Fees. This Agreement will last through the end of the calendar year in which the subscription first becomes effective. This Agreement is signed and will remain in effect thereafter for successive calendar years so long as annual subscription fees are paid. Either party may terminate this Agreement, effective on the next renewal date, by at least 30 days written notice to the other party.

The annual fee for this subscription may be raised by written notice to the subscriber, given at least three months prior to the next succeeding renewal date. The fee for each year this Agreement is renewed must be paid on or before the renewal date or the renewal will be invalid.

3. Support

   . AMS electronic journals include online documentation. In addition, the AMS will provide the subscriber with e-mail and/or telephone support service during AMS's normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 9:00am to 4:00 pm, ET). The e-mail address for support questions is eprod-support@ams.org; the telephone number for support is 800-321-4267, extension 4048 or 401-455-4048.

4. Copyright

   . AMS electronic journals and their contents are subject to copyright, database protection, and other rights of the publisher (AMS) under the laws of the United States and the country of use.

The subscriber acknowledges that it has no claim to ownership by reason of its use of or access to AMS electronic journals. Downloading of data is permitted solely for subscriber's internal use to the same extent as the printed version of the publication. Recompiling, copying, publication or republication of the data, or any portion thereof, in any form or medium whatsoever, may be done only with specific written permission from the AMS.

5. Suspension or termination of access

   . The AMS reserves the right to suspend and/or terminate access to AMS electronic journals without prior notice if subscriber violates any term of this Agreement.

6. Disclaimer of warranties

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1. The AMS has made and will make goo faith efforts to ensure that AMS electronic journals is complete and accurate. However, the AMS does not warrant completeness or accuracy, and does not warrant that the subscriber's use of AMS electronic journals will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that the results obtained will be useful or will satisfy the subscriber's requirements.
2. The AMS warrants that it is entitled to grant the licenses outlined in this Agreement, but makes no other warranties or representations of any kind, expressed or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
3. The subscriber will be permitted to access AMS electronic journals at any time. The AMS will not be liable for any delay, down time, or other failure of performance, but will use reasonable efforts to correct any performance problem brought to its attention.
4. The AMS will not be responsible for incidental, consequential, or any other damages arising out of or in connection with the service or materials provided hereunder.
5. The subscriber assumes the sole responsibility for all use of AMS electronic journals and agrees to indemnify and hold the AMS harmless from any liability or claim of any person arising from such use.

7. General

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1. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties and supersedes any prior communication between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. It may be amended only by a written instrument signed by both parties. Without limitation of the foregoing, any purchase order or other instrument that the subscriber may issue for AMS electronic journals is for the subscriber's internal purposes only and will in no way modify, add to or subtract from the terms and conditions provided herein.
2. The subscriber may not assign or transfer its rights under this Agreement.
3. This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of Rhode Island applicable to agreements entered into and fully performed in the State of Rhode Island. Any action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or AMS electronic journals may be brought in courts situated in Rhode Island, and the parties consent to the jurisdiction of such courts.

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