TERMS OF USE
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS.

The services that The Fish Doctor ^sm, DBA The Fish Doctor / Fish Doctor company and FishDoctor.com (TheFishDoctor.com/TheFishDoctor.net) provide to you are subject to the following Terms of Use ("TOU"). The Fish Doctor ^sm, DBA The Fish Doctor / Fish Doctor company and FishDoctor.com (TheFishDoctor.com/TheFishDoctor.net)  reserves the right to update the TOU at any time without notice. The most current version of the TOU can be reviewed by clicking on the "Terms of Use" hypertext link located at the bottom of our Web pages.

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES.

Through this site, The Fish Doctor ^sm, DBA The Fish Doctor / Fish Doctor company and FishDoctor.com (TheFishDoctor.com/TheFishDoctor.net) provides you with access to a variety of resources, including download areas, photos, communication forums and product information (collectively "Services"). The Services are subject to the TOU.

PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE LIMITATION.

Unless otherwise specified, the Services are for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not modify copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, obtained from the Services without permission from The Fish Doctor ^sm, DBA The Fish Doctor / Fish Doctor company and FishDoctor.com (TheFishDoctor.com/TheFishDoctor.net).

PRIVACY AND PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.

See the Privacy Statement disclosures relating to the collection and use of your information.

NOTICE SPECIFIC TO PHOTOS AND GRAPHICS AVAILABLE ON THIS WEB SITE.

The Fish Doctor ^sm, DBA The Fish Doctor / Fish Doctor company and FishDoctor.com (TheFishDoctor.com/TheFishDoctor.net) uses photos for demonstration purposes only with no rights granted or implied. Any photos or graphics from this site are copyrighted work of The Fish Doctor ^sm, DBA The Fish Doctor / Fish Doctor company and FishDoctor.com (TheFishDoctor.com/TheFishDoctor.net)  and/or its suppliers, or a third party. An end user will be unable to reproduce photos or graphics. Any reproduction or redistribution of the photos or graphics is expressly prohibited by law, and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties.

NOTICE SPECIFIC TO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE ON THIS WEB SITE.

Permission to use Documents such as PDF white papers, press releases, datasheets and FAQs is granted, provided that (1) the below copyright notice appears in all copies and that both the copyright notice and this permission notice appear, (2) use of such Documents is for informational and non-commercial or personal use only and will not be copied or posted on any network computer or broadcast in any media, and (3) no modifications of any Documents are made. Accredited educational institutions, such as K-12, universities, private/public colleges, and state community colleges, may download and reproduce the Documents for distribution in the classroom. Distribution outside the classroom requires express written permission. Use for any other purpose is expressly prohibited by law, and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties.

Documents specified above do not include the design or layout of the The Fish Doctor ^sm, DBA The Fish Doctor / Fish Doctor company and FishDoctor.com (TheFishDoctor.com/TheFishDoctor.net) owned, operated, licensed or controlled sites. Elements of The Fish Doctor ^sm, DBA The Fish Doctor / Fish Doctor company and FishDoctor.com (TheFishDoctor.com/TheFishDoctor.net)  are protected by copyright and trademark and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part. No logo, graphic, sound or image may be copied or retransmitted unless expressly permitted by The Fish Doctor ^sm, DBA The Fish Doctor / Fish Doctor company and FishDoctor.com (TheFishDoctor.com/TheFishDoctor.net).

THE FISH DOCTOR ^sm, DBA THE FISH DOCTOR / FISH DOCTOR COMPANY AND FISHDOCTOR.COM (THEFISHDOCTOR.COM/THEFISHDOCTOR.NET) MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE DOCUMENTS AND RELATED GRAPHICS PUBLISHED AS PART OF THE SERVICES FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH DOCUMENTS AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE FISH DOCTOR ^sm / FISH DOCTOR ^sm AND FISHDOCTOR.COM (THEFISHDOCTOR.COM/THEFISHDOCTOR.NET) HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, INCLUDING ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FISH DOCTOR ^sm, DBA THE FISH DOCTOR / FISH DOCTOR COMPANY, AND FISHDOCTOR.COM (THEFISHDOCTOR.COM/THEFISHDOCTOR.NET) BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTUOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM THE SERVICES.

THE DOCUMENTS AND RELATED GRAPHICS PUBLISHED ON THE SERVICES COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. THE FISH DOCTOR ^sm , THE FISH DOCTOR / FISH DOCTOR COMPANY, AND FISHDOCTOR.COM (THEFISHDOCTOR.COM/THEFISHDOCTOR.NET) AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE PRODUCT(S) AND/OR THE PROGRAM(S) DESCRIBED HEREIN AT ANY TIME.

NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE.

As a condition of your use of the Services, you will not use the Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through the Services.

USE OF SERVICES.

The Services may contain e-mail services, bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, photo albums, file cabinets and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with others (each a "Communication Service" and collectively "Communication Services"). You agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and, when applicable, related to the particular Communication Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using the Communication Services, you will not:

Use the Communication Services in connection with surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk email, spamming or any duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise).

Defame abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.

Publish post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information.

Upload, or otherwise make available, files that contain images, photographs, software or other material protected by intellectual property laws, including, by way of example, and not as limitation, copyright or trademark laws (or by rights of privacy or publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consent to do the same.

Use any material or information, including images or photographs, which are made available through the Services in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other proprietary right of any party.

Upload files that contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer or property of another.

Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Services specifically allows such messages.

Download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally reproduced, displayed, performed, and/or distributed in such manner.

Falsify or delete any copyright management information, such as author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.

Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services.

Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service.

Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses.

Violate any applicable laws or regulations.

Create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others.

Use, download or otherwise copy, or provide (whether or not for a fee) to a person or entity any directory of users of the Services or other user or usage information or any portion thereof.

The Fish Doctor ^sm, DBA The Fish Doctor / Fish Doctor company and FishDoctor.com (TheFishDoctor.com/TheFishDoctor.net) has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, The Fish Doctor ^sm, DBA The Fish Doctor / Fish Doctor company and FishDoctor.com (TheFishDoctor.com/TheFishDoctor.net)  reserves the right to review materials posted to the Communication Services and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. The Fish Doctor ^sm, DBA The Fish Doctor / Fish Doctor company and FishDoctor.com (TheFishDoctor.com/TheFishDoctor.net) reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time, without notice, for any reason whatsoever.

The Fish Doctor ^sm, DBA The Fish Doctor / Fish Doctor company and FishDoctor.com (TheFishDoctor.com/TheFishDoctor.net) reserves the right at all times to disclose any information necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in The Fish Doctor ^sm, DBA The Fish Doctor / Fish Doctor company and FishDoctor.com (TheFishDoctor.com/TheFishDoctor.net) sole discretion.

Always use caution when giving out any personally identifiable information about yourself or your children in any Communication Services. The Fish Doctor ^sm, DBA The Fish Doctor / Fish Doctor company and FishDoctor.com (TheFishDoctor.com/TheFishDoctor.net) does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Services and, therefore, The Fish Doctor ^sm, DBA The Fish Doctor / Fish Doctor company and FishDoctor.com (TheFishDoctor.com/TheFishDoctor.net) specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Services. Managers and hosts are not authorized by The Fish Doctor sm. and FishDoctor.com as spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of The Fish Doctor ^sm, DBA The Fish Doctor / Fish Doctor company and FishDoctor.com (TheFishDoctor.com/TheFishDoctor.net).

Materials uploaded to the Communication Services may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination; you are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you download the materials.

MATERIALS PROVIDED TO THE FISH DOCTOR ^sm , DBA THE FISH DOCTOR / FISH DOCTOR COMPANY, AND FISHDOCTOR.COM (THEFISHDOCTOR.COM/THEFISHDOCTOR.NET) OR POSTED AT OUR WEB SITE.

The Fish Doctor ^sm, DBA The Fish Doctor / Fish Doctor company and FishDoctor.com (TheFishDoctor.com/TheFishDoctor.net) does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to The Fish Doctor ^sm, DBA The Fish Doctor / Fish Doctor company and FishDoctor.com (TheFishDoctor.com/TheFishDoctor.net) (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any Services or its associated services for review by the general public, or by the members of any public or private community, (each a "Submission" and collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting ("Posting") your Submission you are granting The Fish Doctor ^sm, DBA The Fish Doctor / Fish Doctor company and FishDoctor.com (TheFishDoctor.com/TheFishDoctor.net), its affiliated companies and necessary sub licensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses (including, without limitation, all The Fish Doctor ^sm, DBA The Fish Doctor / Fish Doctor company and FishDoctor.com (TheFishDoctor.com/TheFishDoctor.net), including, without limitation, the license rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; to publish your name in connection with your Submission; and the right to sublicense such rights to any supplier of the Services.

No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. The Fish Doctor ^sm, DBA The Fish Doctor / Fish Doctor company and FishDoctor.com (TheFishDoctor.com/TheFishDoctor.net) is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and The Fish Doctor ^sm, DBA The Fish Doctor / Fish Doctor company and FishDoctor.com (TheFishDoctor.com/TheFishDoctor.net) may remove any Submission at any time in its sole discretion.

By Posting a Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in these Terms of Use including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.

In addition to the warranty and representation set forth above, by Posting a Submission that contain images, photographs, pictures or that are otherwise graphical in whole or in part ("Images"), you warrant and represent that (a) you are the copyright owner of such Images, or that the copyright owner of such Images has granted you permission to use such Images or any content and/or images contained in such Images consistent with the manner and purpose of your use and as otherwise permitted by these Terms of Use and the Services, (b) you have the rights necessary to grant the licenses and sublicenses described in these Terms of Use, and (c) that each person depicted in such Images, if any, has provided consent to the use of the Images as set forth in these Terms of Use, including, by way of example, and not as a limitation, the distribution, public display and reproduction of such Images. By Posting Images, you are granting (a) to all members of your private community (for each such Images available to members of such private community), and/or (b) to the general public (for each such Images available anywhere on the Services, other than a private community), permission to use your Images in connection with the use, as permitted by these Terms of Use, of any of the Services, (including, by way of example, and not as a limitation, making prints and gift items which include such Images), and including, without limitation, a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free license to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Images without having your name attached to such Images, and the right to sublicense such rights to any supplier of the Services. The licenses granted in the preceding sentences for a Images will terminate at the time you completely remove such Images from the Services, provided that, such termination shall not affect any licenses granted in connection with such Images prior to the time you completely remove such Images. No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Images.

NOTICES AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.

Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c) (2), notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to Service Provider's Designated Agent. ALL INQUIRIES NOT RELEVANT TO THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE.

See Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES.

THE LINKS IN THIS AREA WILL LET YOU LEAVE THE FISHDOCTOR.COM SITE. THE LINKED SITES ARE NOT UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE FISH DOCTOR ^sm , DBA THE FISH DOCTOR / FISH DOCTOR COMPANY, AND FISHDOCTOR.COM (THEFISHDOCTOR.COM/THEFISHDOCTOR.NET) AND THE FISH DOCTOR ^sm, DBA THE FISH DOCTOR / FISH DOCTOR COMPANY, AND FISHDOCTOR.COM (THEFISHDOCTOR.COM/THEFISHDOCTOR.NET) IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENTS OF ANY LINKED SITE OR ANY LINK CONTAINED IN A LINKED SITE, OR ANY CHANGES OR UPDATES TO SUCH SITES. THE FISH DOCTOR ^sm , DBA THE FISH DOCTOR / FISH DOCTOR COMPANY, AND FISHDOCTOR.COM (THEFISHDOCTOR.COM/THEFISHDOCTOR.NET) IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WEB CASTING OR ANY OTHER FORM OF TRANSMISSION RECEIVED FROM ANY LINKED SITE. THE FISH DOCTOR ^sm , DBA THE FISH DOCTOR / FISH DOCTOR, AND FISHDOCTOR.COM (THEFISHDOCTOR.COM/THEFISHDOCTOR.NET) IS PROVIDING THESE LINKS TO YOU ONLY AS A CONVENIENCE, AND THE INCLUSION OF ANY LINK DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT BY THE SITE.

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