Terms and Conditions

Welcome to Discoveryeducation.com/masters. ("Discovery Education"). Please read this Visitor Agreement; by using this website, you accept its terms.

This Visitor Agreement applies to all of the websites where it is posted. Those websites are referred to collectively in this Visitor Agreement as the "Discovery Education Sites." Additional terms and conditions may apply to some services offered on the Discovery Education Sites. Such terms and conditions may be found at the place where the relevant service is offered.

The Web is an evolving medium; we may change the terms of this Visitor Agreement from time to time. By continuing to use any of the Discovery Education Sites after we post any such changes, you accept this Visitor Agreement, as modified. We may change, restrict access to, suspend or discontinue the Discovery Education Sites, or any portion of the Discovery Education Sites, at any time. Discovery Education respects the privacy of our users. Please take a few minutes to review our Privacy Policy.

The material that appears on the Discovery Education Sites is for informational, educational and entertainment purposes only. Despite our efforts to provide useful and accurate information, errors may appear from time to time. Before you act on information you've found on the Discovery Education Sites, you should confirm any facts that are important to your decision. Discovery Education and its information providers make no warranty as to the reliability, accuracy, timeliness, usefulness or completeness of the information on the Discovery Education Sites. Discovery Education is not responsible for, and cannot guarantee the performance of, goods and services provided by our advertisers or others to whose sites we link.

NOTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), notifications of claimed copyright infringement must be sent to Service Provider's Designated Agent.

Service Provider: AT&T

Name of Agent Designated to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement: Aaron Holbert

Full Address of Designated Agent to Which Notification Should Be Sent: Aaron Holbert, Legal Affairs, Discovery Communications, LLC, One Discovery Place, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

Telephone Number of Designated Agent: 240.662.0000

Facsimile Number of Designated Agent: 240.662.1903

E-Mail Address of Designated Agent: DMCA@Discovery.com

To be effective, the notification must be a written communication that includes the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
5. A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and
6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. We may give notice to our users by means of a general notice on any of our websites, electronic mail to a user's e-mail address in our records, or written communication sent by first-class mail to a user's physical address in our records. If you receive such a notice, you may provide counter-notification in writing to the designated agent that includes the information below.

To be effective, the counter-notification must be a written communication that includes the following:

1. Your physical or electronic signature;
2. Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled, and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;
3. A statement from you, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled; and
4. Your name, physical address and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of a Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your physical address is located, or if your physical address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which we may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of allegedly infringing material or an agent of such person.

USE OF MATERIALS

You may use the Discovery Education Sites for lawful purposes only. Discovery Education requires you not to use the Discovery Education Sites to violate anyone's copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights. By posting or submitting any material (including, without limitation, photographs and videos) to the Discovery Education Sites, you are warranting and representing that you own or have the right to post or make such submission of the material, or are making your submission or posting with the express consent of the owner, and that no other party has any right, claim, or interest in the material that you have submitted or posted. You also warrant that all moral rights in any material that you submit to us or post have been waived. Submitting or posting material that is the property of another, without the consent of its owner, is not only a violation of this Visitor Agreement, but may also subject you to legal liability for infringement of copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights. Discovery Education shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to edit, move, delete, or refuse to post any material submitted to or posted on the Discovery Education Sites for any reason, including violation of these Terms of Use, whether for legal or other reasons, or because the material is objectionable or stale.

Content found on the Discovery Education Sites (“Content”) may be used for bona fide educational and research purposes only. In no event shall the Content be used in any commercial or for-profit manner (including without limitation as part of any public exhibition where an admission fee is charged for viewing) without Discovery Education's advance written permission. You agree to maintain the original intent of all Content. For clarity of purpose, this means that the Content should not be used in a manner that disparages the Content or Discovery Education, or in any manner that may be deemed inappropriate by Discovery Education in its sole discretion.

You shall not remove, obscure, or alter the Content, or the Website itself, and shall not combine or merge the Content with any other programs or content, except as expressly permitted by Discovery Education. You shall not sub-license, distribute, rent, lease, transfer, or otherwise make the Content available to any third party, or make the Content accessible to any party by broadcast or transmission, including without limitation by television, cable, satellite, telephony, wireless, closed-circuit or Internet broadcasting, or use the Content for systematic downloading, service bureau redistribution services, printing for fee-for-service purposes, or the making of print or electronic copies for transmission to non-subscribers, except as expressly permitted by Discovery Education. For the avoidance of doubt, all provisions of this Agreement relating to the Content shall also govern Content that is edited.

Discovery Education may periodically contact you for customer service purposes, including without limitation by providing Product information (such as Product updates and Content changes) and Product integration ideas. By accessing the Content, you consent to receive such communications.

LINKING

We welcome links to the Discovery Education Sites. You are usually free to establish a hypertext link to any of the Discovery Education Sites so long as the link does not state or imply any sponsorship or endorsement of your site by any of the Discovery Education Sites or by Discovery Education. However, you should check the copyright notice on the page to which you wish to link to make sure that one of our content providers does not have its own policies regarding direct links to their content on the Discovery Education Sites.

NO SOLICITING

You agree not to use the Discovery Education Sites to advertise, or to solicit anyone to buy or sell, products or services, nor to solicit anyone to make donations of any kind, without our express written approval.

NO SPAMMING OR SPIMMING

From time to time, users post their e-mail addresses in our chat rooms, forums, blogs and other public posting areas. You may not gather these e-mail addresses for commercial or illegal purposes, such as sending unsolicited or unrequested e-mail or instant messages.

NO FRAMING

Without the prior written permission of Discovery Education, you may not frame, or make it appear that a third-party site is presenting or endorsing, any of the content of the Discovery Education Sites, or incorporate any intellectual property of the Discovery Education Sites, Discovery Education or any of their licensors into another website or other service.

TRADEMARKS

We don't want anyone to be confused as to which materials and services are provided by Discovery Education and which are not. You may not use any trademark or service mark appearing on the Discovery Education Sites without the prior written consent of the owner of the mark.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIABILITY

We work hard to make the Discovery Education Sites are interesting and enjoyable places, but we cannot guarantee that our users will always find everything to their liking. Please read this Disclaimer carefully before using any of the Discovery Education Sites.

YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE DISCOVERY EDUCATION SITES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF POSSIBLE SOURCES OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE THROUGH THE DISCOVERY EDUCATION SITES, AND THE INHERENT HAZARDS AND UNCERTAINTIES OF ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, THERE MAY BE DELAYS, OMISSIONS, INACCURACIES OR OTHER PROBLEMS WITH SUCH INFORMATION. IF YOU RELY ON ANY DISCOVERY EDUCATION SITE OR ANY MATERIAL AVAILABLE THROUGH THE DISCOVERY EDUCATION SITES, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM ANY MATERIAL AND/OR DATA DOWNLOADED FROM OR OTHERWISE PROVIDED THROUGH THE DISCOVERY EDUCATION SITES.

THE DISCOVERY EDUCATION SITES ARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS IS, WITH ALL FAULTS, AND AS AVAILABLE. THE DISCOVERY EDUCATION SITES, DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC AND THEIR AFFILIATES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS CANNOT AND DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENTNESS, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE THROUGH THE DISCOVERY EDUCATION SITES, NOR DO THEY GUARANTEE THAT THE DISCOVERY EDUCATION SITES WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR CONTINUOUSLY AVAILABLE, OR THAT THE DISCOVERY EDUCATION SITES WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THE DISCOVERY EDUCATION SITES, DISCOVERY EDUCATION, INC., DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC OR THEIR AFFILIATES, AGENTS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF USE OF THE DISCOVERY EDUCATION SITES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, EVEN IF WE ARE ADVISED BEFOREHAND OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. (BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH STATES, THE LIABILITY OF THE DISCOVERY EDUCATION SITES, DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC AND THEIR AFFILIATES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS IS LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY SUCH STATE LAW.) YOU AGREE THAT THE LIABILITY OF THE DISCOVERY EDUCATION SITES, DISCOVERY EDUCATION, INC., DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC AND THEIR AFFILIATES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS, IF ANY, ARISING OUT OF ANY KIND OF LEGAL CLAIM IN ANY WAY CONNECTED TO THE DISCOVERY EDUCATION SITES WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT, IF ANY, YOU PAID TO DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC FOR THE USE OF THE DISCOVERY EDUCATION SITES.

MISCELLANEOUS

To obtain access to certain services on the Discovery Education Sites, you may be given an opportunity to register with the Discovery Education Sites. As part of any such registration process, you will select a user name and a password. You agree that the information you supply during that registration process will be accurate and complete. You also agree not to (i) select, register, or attempt to register, or use a user name of another person with the intention of impersonating that person; (ii) use a user name of anyone else without authorization; (iii) use a user name in violation of the intellectual property rights of any person; or (iv) use a user name that Discovery Education considers to be offensive. Discovery Education reserves the right to reject or terminate any user name or password that, in its judgment, it deems offensive. You will be responsible for preserving the confidentiality of your password and will notify Discovery Education of any known or suspected unauthorized use of your account. Further, you agree that you are responsible for all statements made and acts or omissions that occur on your account while your password is being used. If you believe someone has used your password or account without your authorization, you must notify Discovery Education immediately. Discovery Education reserves the right to access and disclose any information including, without limitation, user names of accounts and other information to comply with applicable laws and lawful government requests. Click here to view our privacy policy.

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Discovery Communications, LLC, its affiliates, and their officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers, from and against any and all losses, expenses, damages and costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees) resulting from any violation of this Visitor Agreement or any activity related to your account (including negligent or wrongful conduct) by you or any other person accessing any Discovery Education Site using your account.

This Visitor Agreement has been made in and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland. By using the Discovery Education Sites, you consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Maryland, in all disputes arising out of or relating to this Visitor Agreement. In the event that any portion of this Visitor Agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the enforceability or validity of any other portion of this Visitor Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect and be construed as if the invalid or unenforceable portion were not part of the Visitor Agreement. Each party's representations, warranties, indemnities, confidentiality obligations, and the provisions regarding ownership of intellectual property shall survive the expiration or prior termination of this Agreement. By using the Discovery Education Sites, you agree to abide by the terms of this Visitor Agreement. We hope you enjoy using the Discovery Education Sites, and we welcome suggestions for improvements.

Last updated November 24, 2009