Legal Restrictions and Terms of Use Applicable to this Site

Use of this Site Signifies your Agreement to the Terms of Use.

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE

This site is owned and operated by Brighter Brains, Inc. and, unless otherwise indicated, the contents of BrighterBooks.com are the property of Brighter Books and are protected, without limitation, pursuant to Canadian and international copyright and trademark laws.

By using this site, you signify your consent to these terms of use. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please do not use the site.

The following legal restrictions and terms of use apply to BrighterBooks.com and any other site owned and/or operated by or on behalf of Brighter Brains, Inc. that states that it is governed by these Terms of Use and/or links to these Terms of Use (the sites and entities collectively referred to herein as "BrighterBooks.com" and "Brighter Books" and/or “we” respectively).

USE OF MATERIALS

No material from BrighterBooks.com may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, except that you may download one copy of the materials on any single computer for your personal, non-commercial use only. In doing so, you may not remove or in any way alter any trademark, copyright, or other proprietary notice. Modification of the materials or use of the materials for any other purpose is a violation of Brighter Book's copyright, trademark, and trade secret rights and others' proprietary rights. For purposes of this Agreement, the use of any such material on any other web site or networked computer environment is prohibited.

In the event you download software from the site, the software including any files, images incorporated in or generated by the software and data accompanying the Software (together, the "Software") are licensed to you by Brighter Books. Brighter Books does not transfer title to the Software to you. As between you and Brighter Books, Brighter Books retains full and complete right, title, and interest in and to the Software and all intellectual property rights therein. You may not redistribute, sell, decompile, reverse-engineer or disassemble the Software.

You hereby grant Brighter Books a worldwide, royalty-free, fully-paid, perpetual, non-exclusive license to use, including without limitation the right to copy, publish, perform, display and distribute and/or adapt, any material you upload to, distribute through or post on BrighterBooks.com, including without limitation via message boards, chat rooms and/or blogs or any other features on BrighterBooks.com, in whole or in part, alone or in combination with other material, in any and all media, now known or hereafter devised.

USER CONDUCT

Derogatory, harmful or unlawful conduct is not permitted on BrighterBooks.com. Users are not permitted to upload to, distribute through, or otherwise publish through BrighterBooks.com any content which is libellous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, illegal or otherwise objectionable that would constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or that would otherwise give rise to liability or violate any law. Unauthorized commercial messages and/or public announcements are not allowed on BrighterBooks.com. Unauthorized collection and/or use of email addresses via BrighterBooks.com is also not allowed.

Please be aware that generally, information you post on, upload to or distribute through a message board, chat room, blog or any similar feature will be accessible by other users of BrighterBooks.com. Please be sure that any such information is information that you are comfortable sharing with the public.

Users are solely responsible for the content of their messages including and without limitation the content of the author’s pages, questions and answers through the Raise Your Hand project, and/or comments made in chat rooms and/or any other features on BrighterBooks.com. Brighter Books is not responsible for the content or accuracy of any information posted, uploaded or transmitted by users of BrighterBooks.com including without limitation the responses given by authors, content on author’s pages, communication between authors and readers and/or comments made in chat rooms/message boards and/or any other features on Brighter Books.com. You acknowledge that Brighter Books may or may not pre-screen and/or monitor content posted on BrighterBooks.com, and that Brighter Books shall have the right to remove, edit, move or close, in whole or in part, any thread or posting in any chat room and/or similar feature on BrighterBooks.com at any time for any reason, in Brighter Books’s sole discretion.

You hereby agree to comply with all laws that apply or may apply to your use of or activities on BrighterBooks.com and any rules for conduct on BrighterBooks.com or use of specific features and/or services offered thereon that may be posted on BrighterBooks.com, whether in these terms of use or otherwise, from time to time.

NO PERSONAL ADVICE

Any informational materials provided on BrighterBooks.com, including without limitation the opinions and/or recommendations of any authors and/or moderators, are not intended to substitute for any professional educational, medical, legal, psychiatric, employment or other advice. Without limitation of the Disclaimer paragraphs set forth below, Brighter Books makes no representations or warranties regarding, and expressly disclaims any and all liability concerning, any action by any person following the information offered or provided within or through BrighterBooks.com. If you have concerns or a situation in which you require professional advice, then you should consult with an appropriately qualified professional in the relevant field.

THIRD PARTIES

Your correspondence and dealings with third parties including without limitation job seekers, employers and/or advertisers that you encounter via BrighterBooks.com are solely between you and such entity. You agree that Brighter Books shall not be responsible or liable for any dispute, loss or damage of any sort incurred as a result of any such dealings. In addition, you acknowledge that Brighter Books does not endorse, verify, or make any representations regarding any third party advertisements, products or services and does not confirm that each user of BrighterBooks.com is who the user claims to be. It is your sole responsibility to research and verify the legitimacy of any organization, individual or prospective employer advertising on BrighterBooks.com, and you are solely responsible for your decision to submit personal information to any third party, whether in connection with potential employment or otherwise.

PRICING

With respect to items sold by Brighter Books online in The Brighter Books Store, we do NOT charge your credit card until after your order has entered the shipping process. From time to time, however, some items in our online stores may be mispriced. If we discover an item that you have ordered is mispriced, we may do one of the following:

If an item's correct price is lower than our stated price, upon becoming aware of the issue we will contact you and refund the difference of the amount paid by you and the item's correct price.

If an item's correct price is higher than our stated price, we will contact you upon becoming aware of the issue for instructions. If we become aware of the issue before the item has shipped, we reserve the right to cancel your order and notify you of such cancellation.

CHANGES TO SITE

Brighter Books may add, change, discontinue, remove or suspend any portion of BrighterBooks.com at any time, without notice.

USER ACCOUNTS

Certain portions of BrighterBooks.com may ask you to create an account. If you choose to create such an account, you agree to provide only true, accurate, current and complete information. You further agree to accept all responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password, if any, and that you will not sell, transfer or assign your account or allow others to use it. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any user name and/or password that may assigned to or selected by you so that others may not access any members-only or password-protected portions of BrighterBooks.com using your account and/or identity. Brighter Books reserves the right, in its sole discretion and without notice to you, to terminate your account and/or to restrict your access to all or part of BrighterBooks.com for any reason, including without limitation for extended periods of inactivity.

TERMINATION

This Agreement is effective until terminated by either party. You may terminate this Agreement at any time by destroying all materials obtained from BrighterBooks.com and all related documentation and all copies and instalments thereof whether made under the terms of this Agreement or otherwise. This Agreement will terminate immediately without notice from Brighter Books, if in Brighter Books's sole discretion you fail to comply with any term or provision of this Agreement, if you are a repeat infringer of any third party's rights, or if you engage in conduct that is illegal, tortuous or that interferes with the technological operation of this site. Upon termination, you must destroy all materials obtained from BrighterBooks.com and all copies thereof, whether made under the terms of this Agreement or otherwise.

DISCLAIMER

BRIGHTER BOOKS AND BRIGHTER BRAINS, INC MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO BRIGHTERBOOKS.COM OR ITS CONTENTS, WHICH ARE PROVIDED FOR USE "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE." BRIGHTER BOOKS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO BRIGHTERBOOKS.COM AND ANY WEB SITE WITH WHICH IT IS LINKED. BRIGHTER BOOKS DOES NOT WARRANT THE FUNCTIONS, INFORMATION OR LINKS CONTAINED ON BRIGHTERBOOKS.COM OR THAT ITS CONTENTS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, THAT BRIGHTERBOOKS.COM, OR ITS CONTENTS, ARE FIT FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE OPERATION OF BRIGHTERBOOKS.COM OR ITS CONTENTS, WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES, CANCELBOTS OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. BRIGHTER BOOKS DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE MATERIALS ON BRIGHTERBOOKS.COM IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. You (and not Brighter Books) assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction. Applicable law may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusion may not apply to you.

Limitation of liability: under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall Brighter Books be liable for any special, incidental or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the materials on BrighterBooks.com, even if Brighter Books or a Brighter Books authorized representative has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability or incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. In no event shall Brighter Books' total liability to you for all damages, losses and causes of action (whether in contract, or not (including, but not limited to, negligence) or otherwise) exceed the amount paid by you, if any, for accessing BrighterBooks.com.

INDEMNIFICATION

By using BrighterBooks.com, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Brighter Books from and against any actual or alleged claims, demands, causes of action, judgments, damages, losses, liabilities, and all costs and expenses of defence (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' and other legal fees and costs) arising out of or relating to: (1) your violation of these terms of use or any law, rule or regulation; (2) a claim that is based on your use of any content on BrighterBooks.com; or (3) any material uploaded by you or through your computer to BrighterBooks.com or otherwise sent by you to BrighterBooks. You will cooperate as fully and reasonably as required by Brighter Books in the defence of any claim. Brighter Books reserves the right to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, and you will not in any event settle any claim without the prior written consent of Brighter Books.

ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES FOR WEBMASTERS ON LINKING / REPURPOSING / PERMISSIONING

We at Brighter Books are very active participants in the Internet culture, and we appreciate and support its openness. We strive to produce high-quality, but hassle-free content-minimizing access problems for professors and students who use our textbook products. Note that we can only continue in this hassle-free environment if our copyrights are respected. In short, please don't mistake our openness for leniency - we take copyright violations very seriously.

JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES

BrighterBooks.com is controlled and operated by Brighter Books from its office in Nanaimo, B.C., Canada. Brighter Books makes no representation that materials on BrighterBooks.com are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access BrighterBooks.com from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. Software from this site is further subject to Canadian export controls. No software from BrighterBooks.com may be downloaded or otherwise exported or re-exported (i) into any country to which Canada has embargoed goods; or (ii) in any manner that violates Canadian law. By downloading or using the Software, you represent and warrant that you are not violating any such law.

PERMISSION FOR REPRINTS

All material on BrighterBooks.com without limitation, is protected by Canadian and International copyright and trademark laws. In order to request permission to reprint any material on BrighterBooks.com (outside of personal, non-commercial use), please write to:

Brighter Books Publishing House
Attention: Permissions Department
5765 Turner Road, Unit 1, Suite #409
Nanaimo, B.C. Canada V9T 6M4

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PERMISSION FOR WEB LINKING

Establishing standard hypertext links to our Website is a welcome extension of Internet culture, and we invite readers, parents, adopting faculty, or students who have purchased our texts, to establish links to our Website. We require no formal notice that you've linked to our site, although we do appreciate standard notifications be sent to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it when you have done so. This will allow us to notify you in the event that the URL for a site changes, or if we remove content from our site.

Note however that the current practice known as "framing" where a link is established in such a way as to display our content in some form other than it is displayed in full view by our server, or otherwise displaying our content only partially, or without our copyright notice, is definitely uninvited, unwelcome and possibly, in violation of the law. Note that we are very willing participants in Internet culture (and we provide our content to the Internet community free of charge), but we do take copyright very seriously.

COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT CLAIM NOTICE AND PROCEDURE

Notification of a copyright infringement claim must be submitted to the following:

Brighter Books Publishing House
Attention: Legal Department
5765 Turner Road, Unit 1, Suite #409
Nanaimo, B.C. Canada V9T 6M4

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The notification must be in writing and include:

1. A signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
2. Identification of each alleged infringing copyrighted work or works;
3. Identification of the allegedly infringing material and information reasonably sufficient to enable us to locate such material;
4. Information reasonably sufficient to enable us to contact the party complaining of an alleged infringement (e.g. an address, telephone number, and email address);
5. A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the allegedly infringing material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Brighter Books reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add/or delete portions of these terms of use at any time.

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