1. Terms of Use
Thank you for visiting the content portal site (hereinafter referred to as 'this Website').
Before you begin using this Website, please read the following terms and conditions ('Conditions of Use') below.
This Website is operated by the Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO), an incorporated NPO, on behalf of the Content Portal Site Operations Committee. Persons who access this Website are in the following referred to as Users. By accessing this Website, Users are deemed to have accepted the Conditions of Use. Furthermore, since the Conditions of Use are subject to change by VIPO, Users need to re-accept the Conditions of Use when accessing this Website. Please do not use this Website if you do not agree to the Conditions of Use.
2. Intellectual property rights
This Website and texts, contents, graphics, photos, and other materials contained therein are protected by copyrights, trademarks, and other industrial property rights.
Contents include content owned or managed by VIPO, and content owned or managed by third parties and presented by VIPO under license. With respect to these contents, Users must observe the applicable provisions of the Copyright Law and other statutory provisions, and all supplementary copyright matters and regulations noted on this Website.
3. Scope of Use
Users' rights are limited to viewing this Website in accordance with the Conditions of Use. Users acquire no other rights or license of any kind with regard to this Website or it contents.
With respect to this Website and databases searched from this Website, in part or in total, unauthorized copying, reprinting, or public transmission are prohibited.
Furthermore, except for links to the top page of this Website, no part of this Website may be made accessible from other websites, whether by internet hyperlink or otherwise.
4. Links to this Website
VIPO does not check the contents of websites or pages linked to this Website. Therefore, VIPO does not warrant and is in no way responsible for the contents of websites and pages linked to this Website. As a consequence, VIPO is not liable for any damage, loss, or other disadvantage that results from linking to sites linked to this Website.
5. Changes to this Website
VIPO may without advance notice to Users implement changes to this Website with regard to contents or technical specifications. VIPO does not promise to keep this Website accessible to every User at all times and is not responsible if Users, owing to such change, are unable to access this Website.
6. No warranties
With regard to this Website and the provision of contents, VIPO makes no warranties of any kind, express or implied, with regard to the provision of contents, functions, and this Website with no suspensions or errors. Moreover, VIPO is not liable to indemnify Users for losses sustained due to this Website or its contents.
VIPO endeavors to provide accurate information through this Website, but offers no warranties that information and materials provided on this Website are accurate, timely, and complete.
Moreover, VIPO is not responsible in any way for contents provided by third parties.
Users' statutory rights as consumers are not affected by the Conditions of Use. If any provision of the Conditions of Use is held legally invalid, the affected provision shall be construed to remain in force to the extent permissible for the purposes of the relevant law, without effect on the validity of other provisions.
7. Limitation of liability
In addition to the above stipulations, except if due to intent or gross negligence of VIPO, even if a possibility of loss was foreseeable to VIPO and irrespective of contractual claim, unlawful act, or such other legal basis, VIPO will be liable exclusively for direct losses and will in no circumstances be liable for incidental loss, loss of earnings, or any other loss.
