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If you are a copyright owner (which can be an exclusive licensee), or their agent, and if you believe that a work is available on the RaceRate web site in such a way that constitutes an infringement of copyright, or a breach of an agreed licence or contract, you can notify us in writing in order that we may act appropriately and remove such material where proven or credit your copyright accordingly.

Your notification must include:
• information reasonably sufficient to enable us to identify the copyrighted work that is the subject of the claimed infringement or, if multiple copyrighted works are involved, a representative list of such works;
• information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate and access such material;
• information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as your name, address, telephone number, and email address;
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• an indication of the law, licence, or contract that you claim is being transgressed.

RACERATE'S TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE OF THIS SITE

All material and contents contained within the racerate.com web site is copyright © 1999-2013.

Racerate.com accepts no responsibility for any losses incurred due to the information or selections supplied by any of our services or methodologies.

All persons using this service must be 18 years or above.

Whilst all care is taken in compiling any information for any of our services, no representation or warranty is given in respect of accuracy or completeness of the information, and no responsibility for any errors or omissions is taken or accepted.

Racerate.com will not be liable or responsible for any losses purportedly brought about by any omissions or inaccuracies.

All information and methodologies are provided for entertainment purposes only and are done so in good faith.

We accept no responsibility for accuracy or for any monetary losses as a result of bets being placed due to this information

By using this service you agree to the above terms.

FURTHER AND IMPORTANT: ALL USERS MUST READ THIS SECTION

Acceptance of these Terms and ConditionsBy using this site (the "Site"), you (the "End User") agree to the terms and conditions that we ("Racerate.com.au and racerate.com [www.Racerate.com.au and www.Racerate.com ]") have provided. If you do not wish to agree to the outlined terms and conditions, please refrain from using this site.

Racerate.com.au and racerate.com reserves the right to make any changes to our Terms of Use and/or our Privacy Policy as we deem necessary or desirable without prior notification to you. We suggest to you, therefore, that you re-read this important notice containing our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy from time to time in order that you stay informed as to any such changes. If we make changes to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and you continue to use our Site, you are impliedly agreeing to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy expressed herein.

TERMS OF USE:

1. Definitions.

Racerate.com.au and racerate.com " is the interactive online service operated by Racerate.com.au and racerate.com on the World Wide Web of the Internet (the "Web"), consisting of information services, content, and transaction capabilities provided by Racerate.com.au and racerate.com , affiliates of Racerate.com.au and racerate.com and other third parties.

2. General.

This agreement ("Agreement") sets forth the terms and conditions that apply to the use of this Site by the End User. By using this Site (other than to read this Agreement for the first time), End User agrees to comply with all of the terms and conditions hereof. The right to use this Site is personal to End-User and is not transferable to any other person or entity. End User shall be responsible for protecting the confidentiality of End User's password(s), if any. End User acknowledges that, although the Internet is generally a secure environment, sometimes there are interruptions in service or events that are beyond the control of Racerate.com.au and racerate.com , and Racerate.com.au and racerate.com shall not be responsible for any data lost while transmitting information on the Internet.

Racerate.com.au and racerate.com shall have the right at any time to change or discontinue any aspect or feature of Racerate.com.au and racerate.com including, but not limited to, content, hours of availability and equipment needed for access or use.

3. Modified Terms.

Racerate.com.au and racerate.com reserves the right at all times to discontinue or modify any of our Terms of Use and/or our Privacy Policy as we deem necessary or desirable without prior notification to you. Such changes may include, among other things, the adding of certain fees or charges. We suggest to you, therefore, that you re-read this important notice containing our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy from time to time in order that you stay informed as to any such changes. If we make changes to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and you continue to use our Site, you are impliedly agreeing to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy expressed herein. Any such deletions or modifications shall be effective immediately upon Racerate.com.au and racerate.com 's posting thereof. Any use of Racerate.com.au and racerate.com by End User after such notice shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by End User of such modifications

4. Equipment.

End User shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining all telephone, computer hardware and other equipment needed for access to and use of this Site and all charges related thereto Racerate.com.au and racerate.com shall not be liable for any damages to the End User's equipment resulting from the use of this Site.

5. End User Conduct.

This Site and any individual websites microsites now or hereinafter contained within or otherwise available through external hyperlinks with our Web site (the "Microsites") is private property. All interactions on this Site and/or the Microsites must comply with these Terms of Use. Although we welcome and encourage user interaction on our Site, we do insist and require that all end users restrict any and all activity in connection with the use of this Site and the Microsites to that which involves lawful purposes only. End User shall not post or transmit through this Site any material which violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, or any material which is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane or otherwise objectionable, which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law, or which, without Racerate.com.au and racerate.com express prior approval, contains advertising or any solicitation with respect to products or services. Any conduct by an End User that in Racerate.com.au and racerate.com exclusive discretion restricts or inhibits any other End User from using or enjoying this Site and/or any of the Microsites is strictly prohibited. End User shall not use this Site or any of the Microsites to advertise or perform any commercial, religious, political or non-commercial solicitation, including, but not limited to, the solicitation of users of this Site and/or the Microsites to become users of other on- or offline services directly or indirectly competitive or potentially competitive with Racerate.com.au and racerate.com .

The foregoing provisions of this Section 5 apply equally to and are for the benefit of Racerate.com.au and racerate.com , its subsidiaries, affiliates and its third party content providers and licensors, and each shall have the right to assert and enforce such provisions directly or on its own behalf.

6. Copyright and Trademarks.

To be advised.

7. Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability.

End user expressly agrees that use of this site and the microsites is at end user's sole risk. Neither Racerate.com.au and racerate.com , its affiliates nor any of their respective employees, agents, third party content providers or licensors warrant that Racerate.com.au and racerate.com will be uninterrupted or error free; nor do they make any warranty as to (i) the results that may be obtained from use of this site, or (ii) the accuracy, reliability or content of any information, service, or merchandise provided through this site or the microsites.

This site and the microsites are made accessible on an "as is" basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, other than those warranties which are implied by and incapable of exclusion, restriction or modification under the laws applicable to this agreement.

This disclaimer of liability applies to any damages or injury caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communication line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of record, whether for breach of contract, tortious behavior, negligence, or under any other cause of action. End user specifically acknowledges that Racerate.com.au and racerate.com is not liable for the defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of other users or third-parties and that the risk of injury from the foregoing rests entirely with end user.

In no event shall Racerate.com.au and racerate.com , or any person or entity involved in creating, producing or distributing this site or the contents hereof, including the microsites and any software, be liable for any damages, including, without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages arising out of the use of or inability to use this site. End user hereby acknowledges that the provisions of this section shall apply to all content on this site and the microsites

In addition to the terms set forth above, neither Racerate.com.au and racerate.com , nor its affiliates, information providers or content partners shall be liable regardless of the cause or duration, for any errors, inaccuracies, omissions, or other defects in, or untimeliness or unauthenticity of, the information contained within this site or any of the microsites, or for any delay or interruption in the transmission thereof to the end user, or for any claims or losses arising therefrom or occasioned thereby. None of the foregoing parties shall be liable for any third-party claims or losses of any nature, including without limitation lost profits, punitive or consequential damages.

Racerate.com.au and racerate.com is not responsible for any content that a user, subscriber, or an unauthorized user may post on its this site or any of the microsites. Any content that is posted or uploaded that is or may be deemed unsuitable can and may be taken down by Racerate.com.au and racerate.com . Moreover, Racerate.com.au and racerate.com reserves the right to edit, change, alter, delete, prohibit any and all content that it, Racerate.com.au and racerate.com , deems unsuitable.

8. Monitoring.

Racerate.com.au and racerate.com shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the content of the Site at all times, including any chat rooms and forums that may hereinafter be included as part of the Site, to determine compliance with this Agreement and any operating rules established by Racerate.com.au and racerate.com , as well as to satisfy any applicable law, regulation or authorized government request. Without limiting the foregoing, Racerate.com.au and racerate.com shall have the right to remove any material that Racerate.com.au and racerate.com , in its sole discretion, finds to be in violation of the provisions hereof or otherwise objectionable.

9. Privacy.

Please read our full privacy policy.

10. License Grant.

By posting communications on or through this Site, End User shall be deemed to have granted to Racerate.com.au and racerate.com a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display the communication alone or as part of other works in any form, media, or technology whether now known or hereafter developed, and to sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of sublicensees.

11. Indemnification.

End User agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Racerate.com.au and racerate.com , its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of the use of this Site and/or the Microsites by End User.

12. Termination.

Either Racerate.com.au and racerate.com or End User may terminate this Agreement at any time. Without limiting the foregoing, Racerate.com.au and racerate.com shall have the right to immediately terminate any passwords or accounts of End User in the event of any conduct by End User which Racerate.com.au and racerate.com , in its sole discretion, considers to be unacceptable, or in the event of any breach by End User of this Agreement. The provisions of Sections 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12 will survive termination of this Agreement.

13. Trademarks.

To be advised.

14. Third Party Content.

Racerate.com.au and racerate.com , similar to an Internet Service Provider, is a distributor (and not a publisher) of content supplied by third parties and End Users. Accordingly, Racerate.com.au and racerate.com has no more editorial control over such content than does a public library, bookstore, or newsstand. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including information providers, or any other end users are those of the respective author(s) or distributors) and not of Racerate.com.au and racerate.com . Neither Racerate.com.au and racerate.com nor any third-party provider of information guarantees the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any content, nor its merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. (Refer to Section 6 above for the complete provisions governing limitation of liabilities and disclaimers of warranty.)

 

In many instances, the content available through this Site represents the opinions and judgments of the respective information provider, end user, or other user not under contract with Racerate.com.au and racerate.com . Racerate.com.au and racerate.com neither endorses or is responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice, or statement made on Racerate.com.au and racerate.com by anyone other than authorized Racerate.com.au and racerate.com employee spokespersons while acting in official capacities.

Under no circumstances will Racerate.com.au and racerate.com be liable for any loss or damage caused by an end user's reliance on information obtained through Racerate.com.au and racerate.com . It is the responsibility of End User to evaluate the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice, etc., or other content available through Racerate.com.au and racerate.com .

Racerate.com.au and racerate.com contains links to third party Web sites maintained by other content providers. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by Racerate.com.au and racerate.com of the contents on such third-party sites and Racerate.com.au and racerate.com hereby expressly disclaims any representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such third-party Web sites. If End User decides to access linked third-party Web sites, End User does so at its own risk.

15. Miscellaneous.

This Agreement and any operating rules for Racerate.com.au and racerate.com established by Racerate.com.au and racerate.com constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder is a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall be of no legal force or effect.

Racerate.com.au and racerate.com 's head office is at Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. Legal issues arising out of, but not exclusive to the use of, this Site or the Microsites (unless otherwise specifically stated) are governed by and in accordance with the laws of Australia. By using this Site, End User agrees that the exclusive forum for the bringing of any claims or causes of action arising out of or relating to End Users use of the Site or the Microsites (unless otherwise specifically stated) is the Australian Court System, or if such court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, the Supreme Court of the State of Tasmania. End User hereby accepts and submits to the jurisdiction of such court in any such proceeding or action, and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which End User may now or hereinafter have to the laying of the venue of any such action or proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

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