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By reading, copying, quoting from, linking to, printing out, or in any way using my web site's content in any means, place, or forum, you agree to all of the following:

1. All original content of this web site is copyrighted by this web site's owner, presently Mr William Christie, and it shall not be used without permission except as provided herein.  Zodiac Light and ZodiacLight are trademarks belonging to the web site owner. In using this web site you recognise these trademarks.   You recognise that Zodiac Light is primarily a means for the web site owner to display content on the world wide web.  In using this web site you recognise that the content is provided on an as-is basis, and that no factual statement on this site should be relied upon without further investigation on your part sufficient to satisfy you in your independent judgment that it is true. These Terms of Use are subject to change, and should be reviewed regularly.

2. All rights to original images are the copyright of the web site owner, and you may not copy, distribute, modify or publish these electronically (for example on your own web site, television, or disks) or in any other form (for example books, or magazines) without the express prior written consent of the web site owner.

3. If you agree to these Terms of Use permission is granted for you to quote, cite, link to, print or otherwise use Zodiac Light text, so long as you associate it with text linking back to this web site using an internet hyperlink of the form http://www.zodiaclight.com

4. If you agree to these Terms of Use permission is granted for you to link using internet hyperlinks only to this web site's images and original content.

5. Permission is granted for you to read, view, quote, cite, link to, print out or otherwise use Zodiac Light original content, so long as you comply with the terms below.

A. In exchange for access to the Zodiac Light web site content described above, you agree not to sue the web site owner for its content, whether original, embedded, linked or quoted from another source, in any court, on any grounds whatsoever in law or equity. Should you violate this agreement by filing such a lawsuit, you agree to pay the web site owner the sum of one million Australian dollars ($1,000,000) as liquidated damages.   Furthermore, as permitted by law, you agree to pay all lawyer's, solicitor's and barrister's fees, court costs, and other expenses associated with this litigation, and to indemnify and save harmless the web site owner from any damage award made against him in such an action. Should this agreement not to sue be held unenforceable by a court of law, you agree to binding arbitration, with all arbitration expenses to be paid by you. Except as specified by law the arbitration panel shall be composed of three persons selected by the web site owner. The names of these persons may be supplied to you upon request.  In the event of arbitration any award shall be limited to (1) an amount not exceeding ten Australian dollars ($10); and (2) the publication of a retraction on the Zodiac Light web site. Should this arbitration provision be held uneforceable in a court of law, you agree to accept as liquidated damages in any lawsuit against the web site owner the sum of ten Australian dollars ($10), and you agree that you will be entitled to no other relief of any kind in law or equity. You agree that all disputes concerning these Terms of Use or the content of Zodiac Light are to be resolved in the courts of Melbourne, Australia, under the laws of the state of Victoria.

B. You agree that efforts to acquire or use original Zodiac Light content in contravention or circumvention of these Terms of Use constitute a violation of the web site owner's copyright and you understand and agree that (1) by virtue of this agreement you are prevented from arguing otherwise: and (2) such violations may lead to civil or criminal penalties.

C. If you are a corporation, you agree to provide, upon the filing of any lawsuit or the delivery of any letter threatening legal action, a bond in the amount of one million Australian dollars ($1,000,000) as security against the liquidated damages provided for in paragraph 5.A. above. If you are an attorney, barrister, solicitor, law firm or other agent representing a party filing such a lawsuit, or causing such a letter to be sent, you agree to provide a bond in the same amount as security against the liquidated damages provided for in paragraph 5.A. above unless you have never accessed, viewed, read, or otherwise made use of the Zodiac Light web site content in any form.

D. You agree never to make a complaint or report to the web site owner's employer or to his employer's customers concerning the content of this web site.  You furthermore agree that you shall not cause others to make a complaint or report to the web site owner's employer or his employer's customers concerning the content of this web site.

E. Should you violate this agreement by making a complaint, or a report to the web site owner's employer, or to his employer's customers, or cause others to make such a complaint or report, concerning the content of this web site you agree to pay the web site owner one million Australian dollars ($1,000,000) as liquidated damages. 

F. If you are an attorney, barrister, solicitor, law firm or other agent representing a party making a complaint or report or causing such a complaint or report to be made to the web site owner's employer you agree to provide a bond in the same amount ($1,000,000) as security against the liquidated damages provided for in paragraph 5.E. above unless you have never accessed, viewed, read, or otherwise made use of the Zodiac Light web site content in any form.

6. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you must exit this web site immediately, destroy all copies of the Zodiac Light web site content remaining in any form on your computer, any other computer or network device under your control, in print form, or on any information storage or retrieval device that you possess or control. 

7. When you have agreed to the Terms of Use then in the event that you no longer agree to be bound by these Terms of Use you must submit the following signed affidavit, witnessed by a public notary, and deliver it to the web site owner within 14 days.  You also agree that you will deliver, within 14 days, a scanned electronic (JPEG) image of the completed and signed affidavit, witnessed by a public notary, via email to the email address displayed on the home page of this web site.

Affidavit

I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that I possess no copies of the Zodiac Light web site content in any form whatsoever; that neither I nor any employee or associate will access the web site in the future in any form whatsoever.  Furthermore, I will immediately destroy any copies of this web site content that happen to come into my possession. I understand that action contrary to these statements constitutes both perjury and a violation of this web site's Terms of Use, subjecting me to possible civil and criminal liability.

 

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