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Copyright Notice and Takedown Terms

This page states the Copyright Notice and Takedown Terms (“Terms”) for use of the American Society of Landscape Architects, Inc. ("ASLA") websites at https://www.asla.org, https://dirt.asla.org, https://thefield.asla.org, https://connect.asla.org, https://my.asla.org, https://climate.asla.org, https://learn.asla.org, https://www.aslaconference.com, https://landscapearchitecturemagazine.org ( collectively, "Website") and related online products and services (“Services”).  Please read these Terms carefully, as they are legally binding. By using and viewing this Website, you are signifying your acceptance of these terms and conditions, as well as the Terms of Use, which are incorporated herein by reference.  

 
1.    We take no responsibility for and we do not expressly or implicitly endorse, support, or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any information, text, links, graphics, photos, videos, audio, streams, or other materials created or submitted by you or through your Account (“Your Content”).  By submitting Your Content, you represent and warrant that you have all rights, power, and authority necessary to grant the rights to Your Content contained within these Terms.  Because you alone are responsible for Your Content, you may expose yourself to liability if you post or share Content without all necessary rights.

2.    You grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable, and sublicensable license to use, copy, modify, adapt, prepare derivative works of, distribute, store, perform, and display Your Content and any name, username, voice, or likeness provided in connection with Your Content in all media formats and channels now known or later developed anywhere in the world.  This license includes the right for us to make Your Content available for syndication, broadcast, distribution, or publication by other companies, organizations, or individuals who partner with us.  You also agree that we may remove metadata associated with Your Content, and you irrevocably waive any claims and assertions of moral rights or attribution with respect to Your Content.

3.    Although we have no obligation to screen, edit, or monitor Your Content, we may, in our sole discretion, delete or remove Your Content at any time and for any reason, including for violating these Terms, violating our Content Policy, or if you otherwise create or are likely to create liability for us.

4.    We respect the intellectual property of others and requires that users of our Website and Services do the same.  We have a policy that includes the removal of any infringing material from the Website and for the termination, in appropriate circumstances, of users of our Services who are repeat infringers.  If you believe that anything on our services infringes a copyright you own or control, you may notify ASLA’s Designated Agent by filling out our Notice of Copyright Infringement form, or by contacting:

Copyright Agent
ASLA
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info@asla.org

Also, please note that if you knowingly misrepresent that any activity or material on our Service is infringing, you may be liable to us for certain costs and damages.

If we remove Your Content in response to a Copyright Report form, we will notify you via our private messaging system.  If you believe Your Content was wrongly removed due to a mistake or misidentification in a Copyright Report form, you can send a counter notification via our Counter Notification form or to our Copyright Agent (contact information provided above). Please see 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3) for the requirements of a proper counter notification.