The agreement grants users only a limited, personal, non-commercial license to access the site, prohibiting reproduction, commercial exploitation, framing, and use of hidden text incorporating Thomson Reuters marks without express written consent. Unauthorized use automatically terminates the license.
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This provision establishes the outer boundary of permissible use for all site visitors, including developers, researchers, competitors, and commercial partners, and states that unauthorized commercial use results in automatic license termination without further notice.
Under this clause, users are authorized only to access and make personal use of site content. Any commercial reproduction, resale, framing, or exploitation of site content requires separate written authorization from Thomson Reuters, and unauthorized use terminates access rights as stated in the agreement.
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Compare across platforms →"Thomson Reuters grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site, subject to the Terms. This site and any portion hereof may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, downloaded, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without the express written consent of Thomson Reuters. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout and form) of Thomson Reuters and/or its affiliates without the express written consent of Thomson Reuters. You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing Thomson Reuters' name or Marks without the express written consent of Thomson Reuters. Any unauthorized use terminates the license granted by Thomson Reuters.Excerpt from Thomson Reuters's Terms
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The commercial use prohibition and framing restriction are grounded in U.S.
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This provision establishes the outer boundary of permissible use for all site visitors, including developers, researchers, competitors, and commercial partners, and states that unauthorized commercial use results in automatic license termination without further notice.
Under this clause, users are authorized only to access and make personal use of site content. Any commercial reproduction, resale, framing, or exploitation of site content requires separate written authorization from Thomson Reuters, and unauthorized use terminates access rights as stated in the agreement.
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