These terms & conditions apply to use of the reference works of the Amo Institute of Sciences.

Intellectual Property

All works including - but not limited to - reference works, dictionaries, glossaries, databases, illustrations and designs of the Amo Institute are protected under national and international laws and regulations. These works may not be duplicated, (inline) framed, copied, reproduced, distributed, (re)used, (re)published, up- or down-loaded, displayed or transmitted in any form or in any manner whatsoever, or made accessible to third parties or placed in the public domain, without prior written permission of the Amo Institute.

Circumvention or hacking the Amo Institute's security, call-in or subscription system is strictly prohibited. Unauthorised crawling, scraping and/or use of the works constitutes an infringement of the Amo Institute's intellectual property rights and will be prosecuted under both criminal and civil law.

Querying and viewing the Amo Institute's works and making printouts for personal, non-commercial use is permitted within the limits prescribed by law. In all other cases, an explicit licence is required, to which conditions may be attached.

Cessation of services

The Amo Institute's works and the Amo Institute's websites may be modified or terminated at any time the Amo Institute sees fit.

The Amo Institute reserves the right to block certain IP addresses if it appears that infringements of its rights are being made from them, attempts to do so have been undertaken or improper use has been made of our systems. For that purpose, the Amo Institute may monitor access to our websites. This without prejudice to its other rights to prosecute as stated above.

Links to third-party websites

The Amo Institute's works and its websites contain links to other websites. This, however, shall not be deemed to mean that the Amo Institute embraces the content of those websites. The Amo Institute is not responsible for, does not ratify and accept no liability for the content or use of those websites. The Amo Institute creates such links merely within the context of our service delivery.

Consult the terms & conditions of use, the privacy statement and other components of those websites before using them. You are responsible for taking the necessary precautions to ensure that anything you apply for your own use is virus-free and free of anything else that may be malicious.

Submissions

Except personal data, all commentaries, feedback, information or material in the broadest sense of the word (hereinafter "submissions") sent to the Amo Institute will be regarded as non-confidential. In that respect, please see the the Amo Institute privacy statement.

The Amo Institute acquires free of charge the worldwide and perpetual rights of title to and proceeds from the submissions. The Amo Institute shall be free to apply the submissions as it sees fit on an unlimited basis and for any purpose whatsoever. You nonetheless are and will remain responsible for your submissions, including their legality, reliability, originality, and for respecting the intellectual property rights of third parties.

Indemnification

In return for accepting the benefits accruing to you through use of the Amo Institute's works and its websites, you hereby agree to protect the Amo Institute, its management, employees, representatives and partners against, and to indemnify them for, court and out-of-court measures, judgements and the like, including - and without limitation - reasonable costs for legal support (attorneys, lawyers and bailiffs) and accountants etc. engaged by third parties as a consequence of your use of the Amo Institute's works and its websites, your infringement of these terms & conditions or your infringement of any statutory provision or third-party rights.