Terms of Service

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 **2. Prohibited Content and Activities**
 You may not access or use, or attempt to access or use, the Services to take any action that could harm us or any person or entity (a "person"), interfere with the operation of the Services, or use the Services in a manner that violates any and all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations and treaties. For example, and without limitation, you may not:
 • Impersonate any person or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your credentials, affiliation with any person, or the origin of any information you provide, or permit or otherwise enable unauthorized users to access and/or use the Service;
+• Sell, copy, duplicate, rent, lease, loan, distribute, transfer, or sublicense the Service, or otherwise permit any third party to use or have access to the Service for any purpose (except as expressly permitted by us in writing) or decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, modify, create a derivative work of, display in human readable form, attempt to discover any source code, or otherwise use any software that enables or comprises any part of the Service; Exploit the Service or collect any data incorporated in the Service in any automated manner through the use of bots, metaspiders, crawlers or any other automated means;
+• Sell, copy, republish, duplicate, rent, lease, loan, distribute, transfer, or sublicense the Service, or otherwise permit any third party to use or have access to the Service for any purpose (except as expressly permitted by us in writing) or decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, modify, create a derivative work of, display in human readable form, attempt to discover any source code, or otherwise use any software that enables or comprises any part of the Service; including in connection with training or supplying such data or information to any artificial intelligence (including large language models and generative AI) and/or machine learning program;
+• Exploit the Service, scrape or collect any data incorporated in the Service in any automated manner through the use of bots, metaspiders, crawlers or any other automated means;
+• Employ any automated means, including but not limited to bots, crawlers, spiders, scripts, or software, to extract or scrape data from the Service;
+• Falsify or obscure your identity or the origin of your automated requests, such as forging headers, IP addresses, or user agent strings;
+• Engage in bulk downloading or attempting to download a significant portion of our website data or content in a short period.
 • Use the Service to export software or data in violation of applicable U.S. laws or regulations;
 • Obtain or attempt to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems, materials, information or any services available on or through the Services;
 • Use any device, software, or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Services or any activity conducted on the Services or attempt to probe, scan, test the vulnerability of, or breach the security of any system, device or network
 • Circumvent, reverse engineer, decipher, decompile, disassemble, decrypt, or otherwise alter or interfere with (or attempt, encourage, or support anyone else's attempt to engage in such activities) any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Services. The use or distribution of tools designed for compromising security (e.g., password guessing programs, cracking tools or network probing tools) is strictly prohibited;
 • Take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our network or infrastructure;
+• Upload or otherwise transmit any communication, software, or material that contains a virus or is otherwise harmful to Slate's or its users' computers, devices or systems; or
+• Modify or tamper with the content or structure of our service, including data, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, or any other underlying code;
+• Upload or otherwise transmit any communication, software, or material that contains a virus or is otherwise harmful to Slate's or its users' computers, devices or systems;
+• Republish, redistribute, or make our data available to third parties without explicit written permission from us;
+• Use the Services for the development of any software program, model, algorithm, or generative AI tool, including, but not limited to, training or using the Services in connection with the development, operation or use of a machine learning or large language learning or artificial intelligence (AI) model, tool or system (including any use of the Services for training, fine tuning, or grounding the machine learning or AI system or as part of retrieval-augmented generation);
+• Use the Slate Content or the Services in connection with any machine learning, large language learning and/or artificial intelligence model, tool or system, including, without limitation (i) to train or develop any such model or tool, or (ii) to generate text, images, or any other material, output, or works using any such model or tool, whether for commercial or personal use and whether or not incorporating the same style or appearance as the contents of the Services, Slate Content or related websites or online services; or
 • Engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits any person from using or enjoying the Services, or that, in our sole judgment, exposes us or any of our affiliates, users or any other third party to any liability, damages, or detriment of any type.
+Violations of system or network security and certain other conduct may result in civil or criminal liability. We may investigate and work with law enforcement authorities to prosecute users who violate the Terms. We may suspend or terminate your access to the Services for any or no reason at any time without notice.
+Engaging in prohibited activities or violations of system or network security and certain other conduct may result in civil or criminal liability.
+We may:
+• investigate and work with law enforcement authorities to prosecute users who violate the Terms, or notify third party service providers if necessary;
+• lock or restrict access to our website from the IP addresses or user agents involved in the prohibited activity;
+• suspend or terminate your access to the Services for any or no reason at any time without notice; or
+• pursue legal action to seek damages and injunctions to stop the prohibited activity
 **3. User Submissions**
 Certain areas of the Services may enable you to post comments, send emails, or otherwise provide information to Slate or other persons. You remain fully responsible for the materials that you provide to us or others, including without limitation information, audio recordings, photographs, documents, or other materials submitted, posted, uploaded, sent or otherwise transmitted to us or others ("User Content"). You agree not to provide User Content that:
 • Infringes on, misappropriates or otherwise violates the copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property right of any person;
 **5. Registration for Non-Subscription Services**
 You may be asked to register for certain activities in connection with the Services other than Subscription Services (see Section 4 for a discussion of Subscription Services). When you register, you agree to provide accurate, current and complete information about yourself as requested or directed and to promptly update this information to maintain its accuracy. Slate has the right to suspend or terminate any account or other registration and to refuse any and all current or future use if it suspects that such information is inaccurate or incomplete. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any password and username that you are given or select, and you are responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account.
 **6. Intellectual Property**
+All content, information, materials, computer code, and software that are part of the Services other than your User Content (collectively, the "Slate Content") is the property of Slate or third parties. You may access, use and display the Services on a single computer or device and download and print copies of the Slate Content only for non-commercial, informational, personal use, without modification or alteration in any way, and only so long as you comply with these Terms.
+All content, information, materials, computer code, and software that are part of the Services other than your User Content (collectively, the "Slate Content") is the property of Slate or third parties. You may access, use and display the Services on a single computer or device and download and print copies of the Slate Content only for non-commercial, informational, personal use, without modification or alteration in any way, and only so long as you comply with these Terms. You may not download or print bulk copies of the Slate Content for any purposes.
+Non-commercial use does not include the use of Slate Content without prior written consent from Slate in connection with:
+• the development of any software program, model, algorithm, or other generative AI tool, including, but not limited to, training or using the Slate Content in connection with the development, operation or use of a machine learning or artificial intelligence (AI) model, tool or system (including any use of the Slate Content for training, fine tuning, or grounding the machine learning or AI system or as part of retrieval-augmented generation); or
+providing archived or cached data sets containing Slate Content to another person or entity.
 **Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Rights.** The Slate Content is protected under the copyright laws of the United States and other countries. You acknowledge that all copyrights and other intellectual property rights in the Services are owned by Slate or its third-party licensors to the full extent permitted under the United States Copyright Act and all international copyright laws and all other applicable laws. Unless expressly permitted by an authorized person in writing, you may not copy, reproduce, distribute, publish, enter into a database, display, perform, modify, create derivative works from, transmit, or in any way use or exploit any part of the Slate Content except that you may make use of the content for educational and non-commercial purposes only, provided that you maintain all copyright and other notices posted along with the Slate Content. To obtain written consent to use a copyrighted work, please contact us using the information in Section 18. Copying or downloading these materials for anything other than your personal use is a violation of these Terms.
 **Trade and Service Marks**. All rights in product names, the Slate name, trade names, logos, service marks, trade dress, slogans, product packaging, and designs of Slate products or services, whether or not appearing in large print or with the trademark symbol, belong exclusively to Slate or its licensors and are protected from reproduction, imitation, dilution, or confusing or misleading uses under national and international trademark and copyright laws. The use or misuse of these trademarks or any materials, except as permitted herein, is expressly prohibited, and nothing stated or implied on the Services confers on you any license or right under any patent or trademark of Slate, its affiliates, or any third party. To obtain written permission to use the trade and service mark rights of Slate, please contact us using the information in Section 18.
 • **Notice of Infringement.** Slate respects intellectual property rights. If you believe in good faith that your work has been reproduced or is accessible on the Services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our designated agent with the following information in writing to Slate's Copyright Agent under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act ("DMCA"):