1. Rules for Online Conduct

You agree that you are responsible for your own use of the Jam Institute Site and for your User Postings. “User Postings” means all content submitted, posted, published, or distributed on the Jam Institute Site by you or other users of the Jam Institute Site, including but not limited to all forum posts, wiki edits, notes, questions, comments, videos, and file uploads. You agree that you will use the Jam Institute Site in compliance with these Agreements, and all applicable local, state, national and international laws, rules and regulations, including copyright laws, any laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from your country of residence, and all United States export control laws.

As a condition of your use of the Jam Institute Site, you will not use the Jam Institute Site in any manner intended to damage, disable, overburden, or impair any Jam Institute server or the network(s) connected to any Jam Institute server or to interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Jam Institute Site. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Jam Institute Site, other accounts, computer systems, or networks connected to any Jam Institute server through hacking, password mining, or any other means. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information stored on the Jam Institute Site, its servers, or associated computers through any means not intentionally made available through the Jam Institute Site. If you are a registered user, you will not share your password or let anyone else access or compromise your account.

Furthermore, you agree not to scrape, or otherwise download in bulk, any Jam Institute Site content, including but not limited to a list or directory of users on the system, User Postings or user information, online textbooks, course materials, or trademarks and logos. You agree not to misrepresent or attempt to misrepresent your identity while using the Jam Institute Site (although you are welcome and encouraged to use an anonymous username in the forums and to act in a manner that keeps your identity concealed).

2. Strictly Prohibited Items

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED ON THE JAM INSTITUTE SITE:

  • Content that defames, harasses or threatens others;
  • Content that discusses illegal activities with the intent to commit them;
  • Content that infringes another’s intellectual property, including, but not limited to, copyrights or trademarks;
  • Profane, pornographic, obscene, indecent or unlawful content;
  • Advertising or any form of commercial solicitation;
  • Content related to partisan political activities;
  • Viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, corrupted files, malware, spyware, or any other similar software that may damage the operation of another’s computer or property; and
  • Content that contains intentionally inaccurate information or that is posted with the intent of misleading others (this list, collectively, “Strictly Prohibited Items”).

You may not submit, post, publish, share, or otherwise distribute any of the above Strictly Prohibited Items on or via the Jam Institute Site.

3. User Accounts

In order to create a user account, you must provide your full name, an email address, your country or region of residence, a public username, and a user password. You agree that you will never divulge or share access or access information for your user account with any third party for any reason. In setting up your user account, you may be prompted to enter additional optional information (e.g., your year of birth). You represent that all information provided by you is accurate and current. You agree to maintain and update your information to keep it accurate and current.

We care about the confidentiality and security of your personal information. Please see the Privacy Policy for more information about the collection and use of data on the Jam Institute Site.

4. Your Right to use Content on the Jam Institute Site

Unless indicated as being in the public domain, the content on the Jam Institute Site is protected by United States and foreign copyright laws. Unless otherwise expressly stated on the Jam Institute Site, the texts, exams, video, images, and other instructional materials provided with the courses and programs offered on the Jam Institute Site are for your personal use in connection with those courses and programs only. Certain reference documents, digital textbooks, articles, and other information on the Jam Institute Site are used with the permission of third parties, and use of that information is subject to certain rules and conditions, which will be posted along with the information. By using the Jam Institute Site, you agree to abide by all such rules and conditions. You agree to retain all copyright and other notices on any content you obtain from the Jam Institute Site. All rights in the Jam Institute Site and its content, if not expressly granted, are reserved. Use for Personalization and Pedagogical Improvements. Our goal is to provide current and future visitors to the Jam Institute Site with the best possible educational experience. To further this goal, we sometimes present different users with different versions of course materials and software. We do this to personalize the experience to the individual learner (to assess the learner’s level of ability and learning style, and present materials best suited to the learner), to improve our understanding of the learning process, and to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of our course materials, payment models, platform features, and offerings. We may publish or otherwise publicize results from this process, but, unless otherwise permitted under the Privacy Policy, those publications or public disclosures will not include your personal information.

5. User Postings

User Postings Representations and Warranties. By submitting or distributing your User Postings, you affirm, represent, and warrant
  1. That you have the necessary rights, licenses, consents, and/or permissions to reproduce and publish the User Postings and to authorize Jam Institute and its users to reproduce, modify, publish, and otherwise use and distribute your User Postings in a manner consistent with the licenses granted by you below, and
  2. That neither your submission of your User Postings nor the exercise of the licenses granted below will infringe or violate the rights of any third party. You, and not Jam Institute, are solely responsible for your User Postings and the consequences of posting or publishing them. License Grant to Jam Institute and the Members.
  3. By submitting or distributing your User Postings, you hereby grant to Jam Institute and the Members (as described below) a worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, assignable, sub licensable, fully paid-up, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right and license to host, transfer, display, perform, reproduce, modify, distribute, redistribute, relicense, and otherwise use, make available, and exploit your User Postings, in whole or in part, in any form and in any media formats and through any media channels (now known or hereafter developed).