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- Welcome!
-
- Welcome to the ever-growing community of Netscape 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.
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- When an Netscape AOL Instant Messenger buddy sends you an instant message,
- youÆll get the message on a small pop-up screen, and you can respond instantly.
- ItÆs 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 Netscape AOL Instant Messenger. For your information, AOL
- doesnÆt monitor the service or read, record or retain any messages, so if you
- want AOL to know about a crank instant message, youÆll 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.
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- Now that weÆve explained how the Netscape AOL Instant Messenger service works,
- letÆs get you registered. Read the registration agreement below, and when youÆve
- agreed to it, youÆll be all set to join the Netscape 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 Netscape 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 and its suppliers are 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 and its suppliers
- are 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 Netscape 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.
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- 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.
-
- THE SERVICE AND SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," WITHOUT WARRANTIES
- OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, UNLESS SUCH WARRANTIES
- ARE LEGALLY INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION. AOLÆS 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, AOLÆS AND ITS SUPPLIERSÆ 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 partiesÆ 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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