The following rules and regulations (the “Terms of Use”) govern the use by you of the PBS Extranet ("myPBS") and its functional services as an employee, consultant, or other representative of the following: (i) the Public Broadcasting Service ("PBS"); (ii) PBS member stations ("Member Stations"); or (iii) any other organizations which may be authorized by PBS to have access to myPBS ("Authorized Organizations"). The rules and regulations set forth herein apply to all materials, online communications, electronic graphics and other information that is or becomes available on myPBS (collectively, "Information"). myPBS is NOT a replacement for the PBS employee Intranet, it is an information collaboration environment targeting the promotion of information exchange to better the PBS experience and increase productivity. BY SIGNING ON AND USING myPBS, YOU SPECIFICALLY AGREE TO ABIDE BY THESE TERMS OF USE AND ANY MODIFICATIONS THERETO.

1. Permitted Uses. myPBS is a World Wide Web-based online information exchange service intended for the sole use by PBS, Member Stations, and Authorized Organizations in connection with public broadcasting services. As a myPBS user, you shall not publish, transmit, reproduce, distribute, post or in any way use or exploit any Information for commercial purposes or otherwise use the Information in a manner that is inconsistent with the Terms of Use. Access to myPBS is limited to authorized employees, consultants, or other representatives of Authorized Organizations that have been issued an account and password. There is currently no charge for the myPBS service, but PBS reserves the right to charge all or certain groups of Authorized Organizations a fee for use of the service. Under no circumstances are you permitted to allow any person not authorized to use myPBS ("Unauthorized Person") to gain access to or use myPBS. You agree that your organization will make every attempt to keep its staff user accounts current and in particular, will ensure that employees no longer associated with your organization do not maintain continued access to myPBS.

2. User's Obligation to Abide By Applicable Law. In connection with the use of myPBS, you shall abide by all applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining to such areas as libel, slander, defamation, trade libel, product disparagement, harassment, invasion of privacy, tort, obscenity, indecency, and copyright or trademark infringement ("Applicable Law"). The Information available on myPBS may include intellectual property that is protected under the copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws of the United States and/or other countries ("Intellectual Property Laws"). Such Intellectual Property Laws generally prohibit the unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or exhibition of all text, photographic, and graphic (art and electronic) images, sound samplings, and other protected materials. The violation of applicable Intellectual Property Laws may give rise to civil and/or criminal penalties.

3. Use of Information. Under no circumstances are you allowed to misappropriate, divulge, or disclose to any Unauthorized Person any of the Information. If your organization is governed by any applicable public disclosure laws, you shall take necessary actions to ensure that all Information is protected from disclosure under such public disclosure laws. In the event a request is made to you that calls for any such Information, you shall immediately notify the appropriate organization to which such Information belongs and fully cooperate with such organization in responding to the request.

4. Disclosure of Online Communications. You fully understand and are cautioned that, while myPBS is intended as a private forum, any online communications between and among users may not be fully confidential. You should be aware that administrative personnel of PBS may, in the course of their regular duties, have access to communications for forum monitoring, technical, or operational purposes. myPBS Group Spaces are intended to be private chat forums, and as such, PBS will not actively monitor Group Spaces. PBS may disclose any myPBS communications to the extent permitted or required by law. You should also be aware that federal postal regulations do not apply to nor protect myPBS electronic communications.

5. Prohibition Against Malicious Software. You shall not post, transmit, or make available in any way through myPBS any software or other materials which contain a computer virus, trojan horse, timebomb, worm, or other malicious software (“Malicious Software”). PBS has no obligation to detect the presence of any Malicious Software. Any downloading of software or other materials or any other use of the Information on myPBS is at your risk, and you are advised to take adequate precautions to minimize any loss to your system caused by Malicious Software, including, but not limited to, use of anti-virus applications and proper backup of files.

6. Use of Communication Forums. myPBS may contain various message and other online communication forums. You agree to use such forums only to send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular forum. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a communication forum you shall not:

(i) post or transmit any message which is libelous, defamatory, or which discloses personal or private matters concerning any person or any message, data, or graphic which is indecent, obscene, or pornographic;

(ii) post or transmit any message which is harmful, threatening, or abusive;

(iii) interfere with others use of myPBS ;

(iv) post or transmit any advertising, promotional materials, or solicitation of other users of myPBS for goods or services;

(v) post or transmit charity requests, petitions for signatures, chain letters, surveys, or pyramid schemes;

(vi) post or list articles that do not relate to public broadcasting; or

(vii) use the myPBS environment for general storage of media files.

7. Content of Information and Copyright Ownership. You are responsible for the content of any Information which you may post on myPBS. PBS has no obligation to, and does not in the normal course, monitor or control any Information that is or becomes available on myPBS. PBS reserves the right to review any Information that is or becomes available on myPBS. PBS reserves the right to refuse to post or to remove any Information that is, in PBS's sole discretion, unacceptable, undesirable, or in violation of the Terms of Use and the right to edit any notices or postings for clarity and length. However, PBS has no obligation to exercise such reservation of rights by PBS.

Additionally, you understand and agree that:

Your use of myPBS is at your sole risk and that myPBS is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.

Technical support is only provided to interconnection paying account holders and is only available via email.

myPBS uses third party vendors and hosting partners to provide the necessary hardware, software, networking, storage, and related technology required to run myPBS.

You must not modify, adapt, or hack myPBS or modify another website so as to falsely imply that it is associated with myPBS, or any other myPBS service.

You shall not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, or exploit any portion of myPBS, including, without limitation, content, documents, spreadsheets, videos, and graphics, without the express written permission of PBS.PBS has the right to, but has no obligation to, remove content or accounts containing content that it determines in its sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene, or otherwise objectionable or violates any party’s intellectual property or the Terms of Use.

Written or other abuse (including threats of abuse or retribution) of any myPBS customer, employee, member, or officer will result in immediate account termination.

The technical processing and transmission of myPBS information, including your content, may be transferred unencrypted and involve (a) transmissions over various networks, and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.

You must not upload, post, host, or transmit unsolicited email, SMSs, or “spam” messages.

If your bandwidth usage exceeds 300 MB/month, or significantly exceeds the average bandwidth usage (as determined solely by myPBS) of other myPBS customers, PBS reserves the right to immediately disable your account or throttle your file hosting until you can reduce your bandwidth consumption.

myPBS does not warrant that (i) the service will meet your specific requirements; (ii) the service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free; (iii) the results that may be obtained from the use of the service will be accurate or reliable; (iv) the quality of any products, services, information, or other material purchased or obtained by you through the service will meet your expectations; and (v) any errors in the service will be corrected.

The failure of myPBS to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. The Terms of Use constitutes the entire agreement between you and myPBS and governs your use of myPBS, superseding any prior agreements between you and myPBS (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of the Terms of Use).

All content posted on myPBS must comply with U.S. copyright law. By uploading content, you represent and warrant that you own or have obtained all the necessary rights, and all elements and materials of the content do not and will not violate any copyright, trademark, literary, artistic, musical or other rights of any person, firm, or corporation.

PBS claims no intellectual property rights over the material you provide to myPBS. Your profile and all materials uploaded remain yours.

myPBS is copyrighted ©2012-present PBS. All rights reserved. You may not duplicate, copy, or reuse any portion of the HTML/CSS or visual design elements without express written permission from PBS.

8. Links to Third Parties' Web Sites. myPBS may contain links and pointers to Internet sites maintained by third parties. PBS does not operate or control in any respect any information, products or services on such third-party sites. Third party links and pointers, if any, are included solely for the convenience of users and do not constitute any endorsement by PBS or Member Stations. You assume sole responsibility for use of third party links and pointers.

9. Disclaimer of Warranties. YOU ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR USE OF myPBS. myPBS IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NONINFRINGEMENT, OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NEITHER PBS NOR THE MEMBER STATIONS WARRANT THAT ANY INFORMATION IS COMPLETE OR ACCURATE, THAT myPBS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, OR THAT ANY INFORMATION IS FREE OF MALICIOUS SOFTWARE.

10. Limitation of Damages. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, SHALL PBS OR MEMBER STATIONS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, AND LOSS OF GOODWILL, PROGRAMS, OR INFORMATION) THAT MAY RESULT FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE myPBS INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, USE OF OR RELIANCE ON INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON myPBS , INTERRUPTIONS, ERRORS, DEFECTS, MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, DELETIONS OF FILES, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, NONDELIVERY OF INFORMATION, DISCLOSURE OF COMMUNICATIONS, OR ANY OTHER FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE OR ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE.

11. Release and Indemnity. YOU HEREBY RELEASE AND WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND/OR LIABILITY AGAINST PBS AND/OR MEMBER STATIONS ARISING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF myPBS. YOU ALSO AGREE TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS, PBS AND MEMBER STATIONS, FROM AND AGAINST, ANY AND ALL CLAIMS OR LIABILITY, INCLUDING COSTS AND ATTORNEYS FEES, ARISING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY USE OF YOUR myPBS ACCOUNT OR FAILURE TO ABIDE BY APPLICABLE LAW BY YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON ACCESSING myPBS USING YOUR ACCOUNT.

12. Modifications. The Terms of Use may be modified by PBS from time to time and such modifications will be binding on you when posted online in "myPBS Rules & Regulations."

13. Violations of Rules and Regulations. PBS may, at its sole discretion, deny you access to all or a part of myPBS with or without notice. Additionally, PBS and/or the applicable Member Station or Authorized Organization may take any appropriate disciplinary action under the applicable internal policies, rules and/or regulations.

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