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- Welcome!
-
- Welcome to the ever-growing community of AOL Instant Messenger users! This
- exciting and easy-to-use instant communications service allows you to see when
- your Instant Messenger buddies are online and then communicate with them
- instantly -- no matter how they access the Internet.
-
- When an AOL Instant Messenger buddy sends you an instant message, you'll get the
- message on a small pop-up screen, and you can respond instantly. It's that
- easy. But, just like any terrific communications service -- the telephone, for
- example -- there are bound to be pranksters who may try to contact and bother
- you. And, because AOL wants your Instant Messenger experience to be the best it
- can be, we have designed a special feature for you to use against such
- pranksters. In the event you do get a crank instant message, you can use our
- "Neighborhood Watch" feature to "hang up." This feature empowers you to prevent
- the crank instant messenger from contacting you again for a period of time and
- also to warn others about him. This way, you can control with whom you
- communicate on AOL Instant Messenger. For your information, AOL doesn't monitor
- the service or read, record or retain any messages, so if you want AOL to know
- about a crank instant message, you'll need to save and send the message to
- AOL. While AOL expects that Neighborhood Watch will empower you against most
- crank instant messengers, AOL may also decide to terminate serious offenders.
-
- Now that we've explained how the AOL Instant Messenger service works, let's get
- you registered. Read the registration agreement below, and when you've agreed
- to it, you'll be all set to join the AOL Instant Messenger Community!
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- Registration Agreement
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- By clicking below, you warrant that you are eighteen years or older and agree to
- use the AOL Instant Messenger(TM) software ("Software") and service ("Service")
- as provided in this Registration Agreement.
-
- AOL may, in its sole discretion and at any time, modify or discontinue the
- Service; limit, terminate or suspend your use of the Service; and/or with 30
- days advance notice, introduce charges for the use of the Service or make
- changes to this Registration Agreement. To terminate your registration, simply
- discontinue using the Service.
-
- You understand that you use the Service at your own risk and, that in general,
- AOL provides no assistance other than the information posted on the AOL Web site
- (including an AOL contact number) located at http://www.aol.com/aim/help.html.
- AOL is in no way liable for any claims arising from your use of the Service.
-
- The Service contains a Neighborhood Watch feature which allows Service users
- from the Internet, in their sole discretion, to assess "warnings" against other
- Service users. These "warnings" may limit your use of the Service. AOL is not
- responsible for the imposition of "warnings," or for the availability to other
- Service users of such warnings and information about your Service session length
- or tenure on the Service. You understand that Service users from AOL may have
- other or additional AOL Instant Messenger features that are not available to
- Service users from the Internet, e.g., a doorbell tool that allows them to
- decide whether to accept a message from other AIM users.
-
- AOL grants to you a non-exclusive, limited license to use the Software, pursuant
- to the terms hereof, to connect to the Service only, and you may not modify,
- reverse-engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Software.
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- THE SERVICE AND SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND,
- EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, UNLESS SUCH WARRANTIES ARE LEGALLY INCAPABLE OF
- EXCLUSION. AOL'S ENTIRE LIABILITY AND YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY WITH RESPECT TO USE
- OF THE SERVICE AND THE SOFTWARE SHALL BE THE REPLACEMENT OF ANY SOFTWARE FOUND
- TO BE DEFECTIVE. NEITHER AOL, ITS EMPLOYEES, DISTRIBUTORS, SUPPLIERS,
- DIRECTORS, NOR AGENTS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST
- PROFITS, IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IN THE
- EVENT SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED AS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE
- SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR THE LIMITATION OF
- LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES OR
- JURISDICTIONS, AOL'S LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
-
- If any part of the Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion
- shall be construed to reflect, the parties' original intent, and the remaining
- portions remain in full force and effect. The laws of the Commonwealth of
- Virginia, excluding its conflicts-of-law rules, govern the Agreement and your
- registration, and you expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any claim
- or dispute arising from the use of the Service or Software resides in the courts
- of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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