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The contractual terms below describe your rights and responsibilities as a member of the IndexAcademic.ro community, if you are a creator or buyer of content, as well as our rights and responsibilities as the owner of the IndexAcademic.ro site. Please note that the use of the site, or the tools or services accessed on the site implies acceptance of this membership agreement and all its terms. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions regarding the terms of this agreement.

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Archive

The archive is owned and managed by SC MultiMedia SRL. It includes free open access to access to individual articles and free download of individual articles in PDF format.

In the case of an online payment, MultiMedia is not responsible for the costs resulting from the use of a bank card or PayPal account.

Privacy Policy

The privacy policy is established by MultiMedia on a separate page.

The data requested during the payment operation are necessary for sending the product to the indicated recipient, for contacting the recipient or payer in certain situations, and for invoicing the payment made.

Contract with members and users of the IndexAcademic.ro website

Before using the IndexAcademic.ro website or contacting SC MultiMedia SRL (hereinafter referred to as MultiMedia) to create an account, please read the following contractual terms (“Terms”) carefully. These terms govern your access (“Beneficiary”) to the use of the website and the services offered and/or operated by MultiMedia (“Site”). Access to and use of the Site is expressly conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use the Site.

The Terms also include terms and conditions applicable to specific services and/or features. Such additional terms and conditions (“Additional Terms”) will be posted separately. In the event of a conflict between these Terms and the Additional Terms, the Additional Terms will control.

We reserve the right to revise all or part of these Terms, the Site, including by removing or suspending any content or features of the Site, and changing any fees or charges for use of the Site, at any time. All changes we make will be effective immediately upon posting and notification by any means, including, without limitation, posting on the Site or by email. Your continued use of the Site following such notification will be deemed acceptance of such changes. Please check this page periodically to review the most current version of these terms. You agree that we will not be liable to you or any third party for any removal or suspension of any content or feature of the Site; or any changes to fees or prices.

Registration

When and if you set up your account with IndexAcademic.ro and register to use the Site, you agree to (a) provide accurate, current, and complete information about yourself as prompted (including your email address), and (b) maintain and update the information (including your email address) to keep it accurate, current, and complete. You agree that if any information you provide is false, inaccurate, or incomplete, (1) you may not claim a failure to notify us of any communications we have attempted to send you, which could materially affect your rights under the Terms, and (2) we reserve the right to terminate your access to and use of the Site. Our Privacy Policy governs the use and disclosure of any information you provide.

We may refuse to create a user account for you for any reason, in our sole discretion, including if we determine that the username impersonates someone else, is illegal, vulgar, or otherwise offensive, or is protected by trademark or other proprietary rights, or is likely to cause confusion. YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF YOUR NAME. USERNAME AND PASSWORD, AND FOR ANY ACTIVITY (INCLUDING PURCHASES, IF APPLICABLE) THAT OCCURS THROUGH YOUR ACCOUNT.

Use

Subject to and conditioned upon your compliance with these terms and only for as long as MultiMedia permits access to the Site, we grant you the right and non-exclusive license to access the Site, including any text, images, graphics, video, pictures, sounds, data, files, links and other materials incorporated into the Site (other than your content), solely made available by us, only as necessary to access the Site and solely for your own purposes, provided that you keep intact all copyright and proprietary rights under the license. You acknowledge and agree that certain features of the Site may include advertisements and that such advertisements are a necessary part of the Site. The Site, including all such materials, as well as all intellectual property rights, remain the property of MultiMedia or its licensors or suppliers, except for the articles and related materials which remain the exclusive property of the authors. Except as expressly permitted by the terms of the specific license, you may not use, reproduce, distribute, modify, transmit, display, or create derivative works from any portion of the Site without the express written consent of MultiMedia. Nothing in this document grants any right to commercially exploit any portion of the Site or any content therein, except as specifically permitted by the licenses of the Items.

From time to time, technical or maintenance problems may occur that render the Site temporarily unavailable. MULTIMEDIA DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL FUNCTION WITHOUT INTERRUPTIONS OR ERRORS, OR THAT THE SITE WILL FIT THE USER’S PURPOSE. MultiMedia may change the features, availability, operation, and/or appearance of the Site at any time and in any way from time to time, without notice to users.

By using the Site, you agree to comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and the rights and dignity of others. While using the Site, you agree not to:

  • Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the rights of others, including privacy rights or copyrights;
  • Impersonate any person or entity, or represent them without having the right to do so;
  • Violate any applicable laws or regulations;
  • Upload, transmit or display on the Site (a) any material that is unlawful, fraudulent, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene or otherwise infringes the intellectual property or other rights of others; (b) any secret, confidential, proprietary or trademark information of a third party; or (c) any unsolicited advertisements, solicitations, chain letters, pyramid schemes, investment opportunities or other commercial communications (except as expressly permitted by us);
  • Use the Site in a manner that may harm minors, including by uploading content that violates laws regarding child pornography, child sexual exploitation, and laws prohibiting the depiction of minors engaged in sexual conduct;
  • Spam or engage in cyberbullying;
  • Upload content to another user’s account without permission;
  • Access or use another user’s content without permission;

Content

ARTICLE AUTHORS ASSUME ENTIRE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONTENT OF ARTICLES SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION, INCLUDING PERMISSION TO QUOTE OR TRANSLATE ARTICLES BY OTHER AUTHORS.

You will retain ownership and responsibility for any content and other materials (collectively, “Content”) uploaded by you to the Site or submitted to us for publication. You must own all necessary rights to the content you upload, and the content must not infringe, misappropriate, use or disclose without authorization any intellectual property or proprietary right of a third party, and must not be unlawful, fraudulent, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, or obscene. MultiMedia may provide a copy of these terms to anyone claiming copyright/trademark infringement by your content or to law enforcement authorities as required by law.

You acknowledge and agree that we may (but are not obligated to) do any of the following, in our sole discretion: (a) monitor and/or filter any Content (including, but not limited to, blocking or replacing obscene language or other language that may be considered harmful or offensive); (b) modify, remove or refuse to transmit or use any Content (including, without limitation, suspending the processing and shipping of any order for any Content); and/or (c) disclose any Content, as well as the circumstances in which it was posted, to any third party, for our protection, the people we work with, to comply with legal obligations or governmental requests.

MultiMedia is not responsible for, and shall have no liability for, the removal or failure to remove any content from the Site. We recommend that you maintain backup copies of your content on your hard drive or other personal system, as the Site is not intended to be a back-up solution for storing content.

MultiMedia reserves the right to delete content from its database after a defined period of time, as it deems appropriate.

Open Access

This is an Open Access journal, meaning that all content is available free of charge and without charge to users or their institutions. Users are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles or use them for any other lawful purpose, without seeking prior permission from the publisher or author. This is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition of open access.

Forums and Discussion Groups

The Site may allow users to share their content with other users, including, but not limited to, user comments, forums, discussion groups, and blogs (collectively, “Forums”). Some Forum participants may use anonymous display names and may not be affiliated with MultiMedia. Forum participants may occasionally post messages or make statements, intentionally or unintentionally, that are inaccurate, misleading, and provide content that may be objectionable. We do not monitor and are not responsible for such messages, statements, or content, or any opinions, advice, information, or other statements made or displayed on the site by third parties, whether such third parties are users of the site or other persons. The opinions expressed in the Forums reflect solely the opinions of the participants and may not correspond to the opinions of MultiMedia. We are not responsible for any errors or omissions in articles or posts, for links embedded in messages, or for the results obtained from the use of such information. MultiMedia and any of the individuals and legal entities with whom it collaborates will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by reliance on such information obtained through the site.

Purchases

If you wish to purchase products or services through the Site, all information you provide or must be accurate, current and complete. YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO USE THE CREDIT CARD OR OTHER PAYMENT MEANS USED FOR PURCHASES. You agree to pay all charges incurred by you or any user of your account and your credit card (or other applicable payment mechanism) at the prices in effect when such charges are incurred. You will also be responsible for paying all applicable taxes and duties related to your purchases. Verification of information applicable to a purchase may be required before accepting any order.

Product features and attributes, including price and availability, are subject to change without notice, and current prices can be found on the Site. By placing an order, you represent that the products ordered will only be used in a lawful manner.

Copyright

MultiMedia protects copyrights and expects users of the site to do the same. Authors of articles own full copyrights to the submitted materials. Copyright holders who believe that materials appearing on the Site infringe their copyrights in accordance with the law may appeal. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or that your intellectual property rights have been violated in any way, please provide the following information:

  • electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property rights;
  • a description of the copyright or other intellectual property rights that you claim have been infringed;
  • a description of the instances in which the material that you claim is infringing is located on this site;
  • your address, telephone number, and email address;
  • a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
  • a statement by you that the information in your notification is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on behalf of the copyright or intellectual property owner.

We can be contacted as follows:

By phone: +40 745 526 896
By email: contact@indexacademic.ro

Publication

MultiMedia will promote the author and/or the author’s content along with the general promotion of the articles in the online magazine.

Special, preferential exposure of books and articles is subject to a separate agreement with MultiMedia, depending on the request.

You are responsible to any third party or authorities for the payment of royalties, commissions, fees, taxes, etc., that may be due to them, based on the agreements you have made with a third party and the applicable law.

Termination

MultiMedia may at any time immediately terminate, and for any reason, this agreement and/or your access to and use of the Site or any part thereof. You agree that any termination of access to or use of the Site may be effected without prior notice, and that we may immediately disable or delete your password and username, as well as all related information and files associated with it (including all content), and/or block access to such information or files. You agree that we will not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Site or any such information or files, and we are under no obligation to make such notice or files available to you after any such termination.

External Links

From time to time this Site may also include links to other sites. These links are provided for your convenience, to provide additional information. This does not mean that we endorse the site(s) in any way. We have no responsibility for the content of the linked site(s).

YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIRD PARTY SITES AND ANY RESOURCES AVAILABLE THROUGH THESE WEBSITES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK AND IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO SUCH SITES AND RESOURCES.

We shall have the right, at any time and at our discretion, to block links to other sites by technological or other means, without prior notice.

Cancellation

You may choose to withdraw your content published on IndexAcademic.ro at any time. In this case, the content will no longer be visible to other users. The withdrawn content will be deleted from the database after a defined period of time, depending on the legislation.

You have the right to cancel your membership from your profile page, or by contacting us in writing or by email with this request.

Restrictions

If you purchase content from the Site (including receiving free content), you agree to the following restrictions with respect to such purchased content and the information contained therein:

  • You may not resell content, derive profit from it, or publish it, in writing or electronically, if the license of the respective content does not allow such action;
  • Sharing, copying, adapting, redistributing, reconfiguring, modifying or creating derivative works from the Content is permitted only if expressly permitted by the content author through the license and only to the extent permitted. You agree to comply with all restrictions included in the Content;
  • Content owners who publish content through IndexAcademic.ro retain full ownership of the copyright or other licenses in the content.

Privacy

The Privacy Policy sets out how we use and protect any information you give us when you use this website.

We are committed to ensuring that your identity is protected. If we ask you for certain information by which you can be identified when you use this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page periodically to ensure that you agree to any changes.

Indemnification

If you violate these contractual terms, you agree to bear all resulting damages and costs, direct or indirect.

If, unintentionally, you lose the rights or license to the content you published on IndexAcademic.ro, or you receive a notification from a third party claiming with reasonable arguments the content published by you, you will request the immediate withdrawal or deletion of that content.

Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ALL MATERIALS, FUNCTIONS AND FEATURES, IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, MULTIMEDIA AND ALL PARTIES DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR SECURE. YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR THE USE OF THE SITE. NOTHING ON THE SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY. USE OF THE SITE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Limitation of Liability

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, MULTIMEDIA AND ALL PARTIES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR SPECIAL DAMAGES. YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SITE IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE.

Intellectual Property

THE AUTHORS OF THE ARTICLES ASSUME ENTIRE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONTENT OF THE ARTICLES SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION, INCLUDING PERMISSION TO QUOTE OR TRANSLATE ARTICLES BY OTHER AUTHORS.

MultiMedia owns all intellectual property rights, including all copyrights, patents and trademarks, associated with the site, with all rights reserved, excluding content provided by third parties, which is owned by the licensors of such content (the authors of the articles own the exclusive intellectual property rights). MultiMedia owns the design, format and appearance of the site. The MultiMedia and IndexAcademic.ro logos and the names of all MultiMedia products and/or services posted on the site are trademarks and/or service marks of MultiMedia. The site is © 2023 SC Multimedia SRL. All rights reserved.

Our trade names, trademarks and service marks, whether registered or unregistered, may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not ours, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion. Nothing on this Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any of our trade names, trademarks or service marks without our express prior written consent.

Legal

The Site is controlled and operated by MultiMedia in Romania, and does not intend to subject MultiMedia to the laws or jurisdiction of any country or territory other than Romania. MultiMedia makes no representation that the Site or any portion thereof is appropriate or available for use in any particular jurisdiction. Those who choose to access the Site do so on their own initiative and at their own risk, and are responsible for compliance with all local laws, rules and regulations. If you access this Site from a location outside of Romania, you are responsible for compliance with all applicable local laws and payment of any local taxes that may be due in connection with any purchase on the Site.

Miscellaneous

MultiMedia’s headquarters, including control and supervision of the Site, is in Bucharest, Romania. This Agreement is governed by the laws of Romania, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. You agree that any dispute that cannot be resolved through good faith negotiations shall be subject to the laws of Romania. The venue for dispute resolution shall be Bucharest, Romania.

The terms regarding disclaimers of warranties, limitations of liability, indemnification and intellectual property shall survive the termination of this Agreement. The jurisdiction with jurisdiction in resolving disputes shall be Bucharest.

In cases of force majeure (wars, sabotage, riots, transportation problems, terrorist acts, severe weather, natural disaster, etc.), then delays and lack of performance are accepted. MultiMedia and all its representatives are not liable for any delay caused by the occurrence of such an event.

No breach of any term of this Agreement shall be considered a precedent for any subsequent breach of contract.

These Terms of Use constitute an agreement between us and you and govern your use of the Services, superseding any prior agreements between us and you. You may also be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use affiliated services, content or software of a third party. These Terms and the relationship between us and you will be governed by the laws of Romania without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You and we agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Romania and subject to international law. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the Terms of Use is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties agree that the court should attempt to decide in accordance with the intentions of the parties as reflected in the agreement, and the other provisions of the Terms of Use shall remain in effect and be enforced. You agree that, regardless of any conflicting statute or law, any claim or cause of action arising out of or relating to your use of the Services or the Terms of Use must be filed within one (1) year after the cause of action arises has this claim or cause of action shall be deemed to have been terminated forever.

The chapter titles in these terms and privacy policy are for guidance only and have no legal or contractual effect.

Please report any violation of the terms of use or the services provided to us.

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