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MERC Terms & Conditions of Use
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE. Users of this website will be hereafter referred to variously as "you", "members", or "providers."
By using the MERC site (www.merconline.net) you signify your agreement to these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, do not use this site. MERC is a project of the National Center for Manufacturing Education (NCME), a National Resource Center funded by the National Science Foundation and based at Sinclair Community College, 444 West Third Street, Dayton, OH 45402. NCME may modify these Terms and Conditions at any time.
Restrictions of Use of Materials
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Fees
NCME may charge a fee to cover the cost of full reproduction of certain documents abstracted or otherwise available on the MERC website, and to enable access to certain other materials or resources. In some cases, licensors and not NCME may charge fees for materials. NCME reserves the right to change its own fees at any time, but is not responsible for the individual fees set by its licensors. All materials and resources for a fee will be clearly posted on the website. Providers of materials should refer to the submissions section below for more information.
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Submissions
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In consideration of NCME's continuing efforts to enhance and improve its products and to respond to feedback from users, you agree to transfer such ideas, concepts, know-how and techniques to NCME without any compensation from NCME. You agree to execute any and all documents that NCME may reasonably request in connection with confirming NCME's ownership of and unlimited right to use such ideas, concepts, know-how and techniques.
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- violate any right of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy or other personal or proprietary rights;
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- disparage the products or services of any third party. You agree not to submit any personal information (other than your email address or user name) through email sent to other users or messages posted on this site by you.
This Agreement is effective unless and until terminated by either you or NCME. You may terminate this Agreement at any time by no longer using this website, provided that all prior uses of this website shall be governed by this Agreement. NCME may terminate this Agreement at any time and without notice, and accordingly deny you access to this website, in NCME's sole discretion for any reason, including your failure to comply with any term or provision of this Agreement. Upon any termination of this Agreement by either you or NCME, you must promptly destroy all materials downloaded or otherwise obtained from this website, as well as all copies of such materials, whether made under the terms of the Agreement or otherwise.
Resource Release
MERC, the Manufacturing Education Resource Center, (hereafter referred to as "the Clearinghouse") is a project of NCME , the National Center for Manufacturing Education, and is a National Resource Center funded by the National Science Foundation. NCME is based at Sinclair Community College, 444 West Third Street, Dayton, Ohio 45402.
Resource Author Release
By submitting materials for evaluation to the Clearinghouse, the author agrees:
- that the author(s) grant(s) NCME specific authorization to reference in the abstract the copyrighted Work,
- NCME's acknowledgement that the author(s) own(s) the copyright and has/have the authority to grant a license for the Work's use therein,
- to consent for NCME to remove the Work submitted at any time for any reason, and that any fee paid for evaluation will not be refunded.
- the Work will not be reproduced or distributed by NCME.
If the right to grant permission release for the document/resource is held by someone other than the submitter or if the document/resource is available only from a third party, the NCME will work with the submitter to contact the original author (or publisher, if necessary) to gain approval for the document/resource's submission and evaluation.
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