The contents of the Website and any products or services provided or sold by DFS Africa , including the Website’s look and feel, text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio and video clips (if any) and software, as well as the compilation of businesses, advisors, investors and lenders listed on the Website (“Content”), are the property of DFS Africa or its content suppliers, and are subject to the copyright or other intellectual property rights of DFS Africa and to the terms of licenses held by DFS Africa . Such intellectual property is protected by federal and state law.
Use License. Subject to the ToS, we grant each user of the Website a worldwide, non- exclusive, non-sublicensable and non-transferable license to use (i.e., to download and display locally) Content solely for purposes of accessing and using the Website. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display or performance of the Content and software on this Website, or of any products or services sold by DFS Africa , is strictly prohibited.
You may copy information from the Website only as strictly necessary for your own use of the Website. Otherwise, no portion of the Website may be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, licensed, rented or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose that is not expressly permitted by DFS Africa . The commercial use or public dissemination of any information and data gathered from DFS Africa is strictly prohibited, unless specifically authorized in writing. Any violation of the foregoing may subject you to compensatory and punitive damages, and shall specifically also entitle DFS Africa to equitable relief, in addition to any other available remedies.
User Content. All Content added, created, uploaded, submitted, distributed, or posted to the Website by users (collectively, “User Content”), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, is the sole responsibility of the person who originated such User Content. You represent and warrant that all User Content provided by you is accurate, complete, up-to- date, in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations and you have all rights to provide the User Content and grant the licenses set forth in Section 6(d), to us without infringement or violation of any third party rights, including without limitation, any privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, trademarks, contract rights, or any other intellectual property or proprietary rights.
License Grant. By submitting any User Content to us, you grant DFS Africa a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive, sub-licensable and transferable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, aggregate, publish, create derivative works of, display, perform, distribute and otherwise fully exploit such User Content, in any form or medium known or later developed (including, without limitation, third party websites and feeds), in furtherance of our (and our successors’ and assigns’) businesses, the terms of the ToS and the actions and transactions contemplated hereby, including after the termination of your Account or the Website. You also hereby do and shall grant each user of the website and/ or the Website a non-exclusive, perpetual license to access your User Content through the website and/or the Website, and to use, edit, modify, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and perform such User Content, including after the termination of your Account or the Website. For clarity, the foregoing license grants to us and our users does not affect your other ownership or license rights in your User Content, including the right to grant additional licenses to your User Content, unless otherwise agreed in writing. You agree that you will abide by and maintain all and will not and will not allow others to delete or alter, information, restrictions, author attributes or copyright notices contained in any Content accessed through the Website . Nothing on the Website or elsewhere should be construed to grant any license or right to use, implied or otherwise, any mark displayed on the Website without the written permission of DFS Africa or the third party owner of the mark.
Availability of Content. We do not guarantee that any Content will be made available on the Site or through the Services. DFS Africa reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to (i) remove, edit or modify any Content, at any time, without notice to you and for any reason (including, but not limited to, upon receipt of claims or allegations from third parties or authorities that such Content infringes or appears to infringe on intellectual property rights owned by others or if we are concerned that you may have violated the ToS), for no reason at all and (ii) to remove or block any Content from the Website.
Copyright Infringement. If you believe that any material contained in the Website infringes your intellectual property, you should notify DFS Africa of the alleged infringement in accordance with the following procedure: Send any notification of claimed copyright infringement to legal@DFS Africa .capital. To be effective, the notification must be in writing and include the following information: physical or electronic signature of the owner or authorized agent of the owner of the allegedly infringed work; identification of the allegedly infringed work; identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and reasonably sufficient information for DFS Africa to locate the material; contact information of the notifying party, such as address, telephone number and email; a statement that the notifying party has a good faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the owner of the allegedly infringed work, its agent or the law; and a statement, under penalty of perjury that the information in the notification is accurate and the notifying party is the owner or authorized agent of the allegedly infringed work.