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Scribd Paid Access End User License Agreement
PLEASE READ THIS PAID ACCESS END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
(AGREEMENT) CAREFULLY BEFORE PURCHASING, DOWNLOADING, OR
ACCESSING SCRIBD COMMERCIAL CONTENT.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, YOU CANNOT PURCHASE,
DOWNLOAD, OR ACCESS SCRIBD COMMERCIAL CONTENT.
1. Other terms incorporated. The following additional Scribd terms, policies, and
guidelines are expressly incorporated herein and form a binding part of this Agreement as
if reproduced fully herein:
1. Scribd Privacy Policy
2. Scribd Terms of Use
Please note that, unless we define a term in this Agreement, all capitalized terms used in
this Agreement have the meaning given in our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

2. Options for Paid Access. Scribd provides You with access to eBooks, audiobooks and
documents from participating publishers and Users (Scribd Commercial Content) in
one of two ways either by Direct Purchase or by Membership.
1. Direct Purchases. In the case of Direct Purchases, Scribd, and the participating
publisher or User, grant You a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable, revocable
and personal license to access and use a digital copy of the selected Scribd
Commercial Content for Your personal reference and informational purposes.
Additional terms and conditions (i.e., additional usage limitations) may apply to
Your access to Scribd Commercial Content in which case those terms will be
communicated to you in connection with your access to such content. For
example, the rights granted to You do not include the right to download a copy of
the selected Scribd Commercial Content unless the such terms are provided with
the Scribd Commercial Content you have selected for Direct Purchase.
2. Memberships. In the case of Membership, Scribd, and the participating publishers
or Users, grant You a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable, revocable and
personal license to access and use all Scribd Commercial Content available under
Your Membership for Your personal reference and informational purposes.
3. Restrictions. Regardless of which access option You have selected (Direct Purchase or
Membership) Your access to and use of the Scribd Commercial Content is subject to the
following restrictions:
1. Scribd Commercial Content is provided for Your personal non-commercial use
only;
2. No commercial or promotional use rights are granted in any Scribd Commercial
Content;
3. You may not sell, distribute, or display any Scribd Commercial Content other than
for personal use;
4. You may not share, lend, or rent copies of Scribd Commercial Content;
5. You may not disable or circumvent DRM supplied with Scribd Commercial
Content;
6. You may not exceed usage limitations set by content providers (participating
publisher or User);
7. You may not make copies of all or any portion of any Scribd Commercial
Content;

8. You are prohibited from making any public display or public performance of
Scribd Commercial Content, or sharing accounts that allow access to Scribd
Commercial Content; and
9. The ability to print/copy/paste and/or download may be restricted by the
participating publisher or User who submitted the Scribd Commercial Content
In addition to the foregoing, if You have obtained access to Scribd Commercial Content
by purchasing a Membership, except for any limited time promotions, Your access to the
Membership is conditioned upon timely payment and maintenance of Your Membership
account; and You will not have access to Scribd Commercial Content if Your
Membership is cancelled, allowed to lapse, or terminated for non-payment.
4. Payments and Billing
1. For Direct Purchases and Memberships, the current fee amounts and any
materially different terms from those described to you in this Agreement will be
disclosed to you at sign-up or in other communications made available to you.
When You purchase a Membership or a Direct Purchase (such purchase, a
Transaction), we may ask You to supply additional information relevant to Your
Transaction, including, without limitation, Your credit card number, the expiration
date of Your credit card and Your billing address (such information, Payment
Information). You represent and warrant that You have the legal right to use all
payment method(s) represented by any such Payment Information. When You
initiate a Transaction, You authorize us to provide Your Payment Information to
third parties so we can complete Your Transaction and to charge Your payment
method for the type of Transaction You have selected; You may need to provide
additional information to verify Your identity before completing Your Transaction
(such information is included within the definition of Payment Information).
2. If You elect to purchase an annual or monthly Membership, You will be charged
the annual or monthly Membership fee (Membership Fee) at the beginning of
the paying portion of Your Membership and each year or month thereafter,
respectively, at the then-current rate. If You elect to purchase an annual
Membership, we will automatically charge You on the anniversary of the
commencement of the paying portion of Your Membership using the Payment
Information You have provided. If You elect to purchase a monthly Membership,
we will automatically charge You each month, on the calendar day corresponding
to the commencement of the paying portion of Your Membership, using the
Payment Information You have provided. In the event Your Membership began on
a day not contained in a given month, we may charge Your payment method on a
day in the applicable month or such other day as we deem appropriate. For
example, if You started Your Membership on January 31st, Your next payment
date is likely to be February 28th, and Your payment method would be billed on
that date. You may also elect to purchase a non-recurring 24-hour Membership

pass that will permit you to access the Scribd Commercial Content available
through Memberships for 24 hours from the time of purchase.
3. By entering into the Agreement and electing to purchase an annual or monthly
Membership, You acknowledge that Your Membership has recurring payment
features and You accept responsibility for all recurring payment obligations prior
to cancellation of Your Membership by You or Scribd. We may also periodically
authorize Your payment method in anticipation of applicable fees or related
charges. Your Membership continues until cancelled by You or we terminate Your
access to or use of the Scribd Platform or the Membership in accordance with this
Agreement (and the Terms of Use which forms part of this Agreement).
4. Scribd may offer a free trial Membership (Free Trial) for a specified period of
time (Free Trial Term). If we offer You a Free Trial, the specific terms of Your
Free Trial will be provided at signup and/or in the promotional materials
describing the Free Trial. Free Trials may not be combined with any other offer. If
you cancel your Free Trial before the expiration of the Free Trial Term, you may
be eligible to use any unused portion of such Free Trial Term the next time you
sign up for a Scribd Membership, provided that Scribd continues to offer the Free
Trial that you were previously offered. Except as may otherwise be provided in
the specific terms for the Free Trial offer, Free Trials are only available to users
who have not previously completed a Free Trial for a Membership to the Scribd
Platform. Unless You cancel Your Membership prior to the end of Your Free Trial,
we (or our third party payment processor) will begin charging Your payment
method on a recurring basis for the Membership Fee (plus any applicable taxes
and other charges) until You cancel Your Membership. Instructions for cancelling
Your Membership are stated below under the Section titled Cancellation and
Termination. You will not receive a notice from us that Your Free Trial has ended
or that the paid portion of Your Membership has begun. We reserve the right to
modify or terminate Free Trials at any time, without notice and in our sole
discretion.
5. Scribd Credits: Audiobooks and eBooks. If You elect to purchase a Membership, You
may also have access to audiobooks and eBooks through the Scribd Platform using
Scribd Credits (defined below) subject to the following terms:
1. Audiobook Credits. To access certain audiobooks, You may need to use monthly
audiobook credits (Monthly Audiobooks). As part of your monthly or annual
Membership, You will accrue one (1) Monthly Audiobook per month on the
calendar day corresponding to the commencement of the paying portion of Your
Membership or such other day as we deem appropriate. Any unused Monthly
Audiobook can be rolled over into the following month, provided that You can
only accumulate a maximum of three (3) Monthly Audiobooks at one time. You
can use one or more Monthly Audiobooks to access an audiobook, as specified in
the listing for each such audiobook. If You are out of Monthly Audiobooks and
want to listen to another audiobook, You can purchase additional Monthly

Audiobooks. If You elect to purchase additional Monthly Audiobooks, You

expressly authorize us to provide Your Payment Information to third parties so we
can complete Your purchase and to charge Your payment method, as further
specified in Section 4(a), the then-applicable Monthly Audiobook fee. Once You
access an audiobook using Your Monthly Audiobook, subject to the terms of
Section 8, You will be able to continue to listen to that audiobook as long as Your
Membership remains active. Monthly Audiobooks are made available to You at
the sole discretion of Scribd and may be discontinued at any time. Additional
information regarding the accrual of Audiobook Credits is available here.
2. Monthly Reads. To access certain eBooks, You may need to use monthly read
credits (Monthly Books). As part of Your monthly or annual Membership, You
will accrue three (3) Monthly Books per month on the calendar day corresponding
to the commencement of the paying portion of Your Membership or such other
day as we deem appropriate. Any unused Monthly Books can be rolled over into
the following month, provided that You can only accumulate a maximum of nine
(9) Monthly Books at one time. You can use each Monthly Book to access an
eBook. Once You access an eBook using a Monthly Book, Subject to the terms of
Section 8, You will be able to continue to read that eBook as long as Your
Membership remains active. Monthly Books are made available to You at the sole
discretion of Scribd and may be discontinued at any time. Additional information
regarding the accrual of Monthly Reads is available here.
3. General Terms Applicable to Scribd Credits. As used herein, the term Scribd
Credits means Monthly Audiobooks and Monthly Books. Scribd Credits are a
digital item that can only be redeemed through the Scribd Platform for Your
personal and noncommercial use as described in this Agreement, and for no other
purpose. You can review Your Scribd Credits balance in Your account settings.
Except for the limited rights described herein, You have no property interest or
right or title in or to any Scribd Credits, which remain the exclusive property of
Scribd. As stated above, the existence of a particular offer of Scribd Credits is not
a commitment by Scribd to maintain or continue to make the Scribd Credits
available in the future. The scope, variety and type of Scribd Credits that You may
obtain can change at any time. Scribd has the absolute right to manage, regulate,
control, modify or eliminate Scribd Credits as it sees fit in its sole discretion, and
Scribd will have no liability to You or anyone for the exercise of such rights.
Except as explicitly provided in this Agreement and within the Scribd Platform:
(i) transfers of Scribd Credits are prohibited; (ii) You may not buy or sell Scribd
Credits for real world money or otherwise exchange them for value; and (iii)
Scribd does not recognize any such prohibited purported transfers of Scribd
Credits, nor the purported sale, gift or trade of Scribd Credits outside of the Scribd
Platform. Any attempt to do any of the foregoing is in violation of this Agreement
and will result in an automatic termination of Your rights to use the Scribd Credits
and may result in termination of Your Membership, account and/or access to the
Scribd Platform and/or legal action against You. Without limiting any other terms

of this Agreement, all Scribd Credits are forfeited if Your account is terminated or
suspended for any reason, or if we discontinue providing the Scribd Platform.
4. YOU AGREE THAT YOU WONT ASSERT OR BRING ANY CLAIM
AGAINST SCRIBD, ITS AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS,
EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR LICENSORS RELATING TO (A) A CLAIM
THAT YOU OWN ANY SCRIBD CREDITS OR (B) A CLAIM FOR AN
ALLEGED MONETARY VALUE OF SCRIBD CREDITS LOST UPON
DELETION OR SUSPENSION OF YOUR ACCOUNT OR MODIFICATION,
TERMINATION OR EXPIRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT.
6. Refunds and Replacements. All fees and charges are nonrefundable and there are no
refunds or credits, except as expressly set forth in our Refund Policy. As further described
in the Refund Policy, if there is a defect in any Scribd Commercial Content, in certain
cases you may receive a replacement rather than a refund.
7. Cancellation of Memberships. You may cancel Your Membership at any time. AS
STATED IN OUR REFUND POLICY WITH RESPECT TO MEMBERSHIPS, THERE
ARE NO REFUNDS OF ANY FEES OR CHARGES FOR MEMBERSHIPS. IF YOU
CANCEL YOUR MEMBERSHIP, YOU WONT RECEIVE A REFUND OF ANY
PORTION OF THE MEMBERSHIP FEE PAID FOR THE THEN CURRENT
MEMBERSHIP PERIOD AT THE TIME OF CANCELLATION. To cancel a
Membership, you can do so through the Scribd Platform by logging into the Site or the
App and going to Your account settings. You may also email support@scribd.com to
initiate cancellation of a Membership. You will be responsible for all Membership Fees
(plus any applicable taxes and other charges) incurred before the effective date of your
cancellation. If you cancel, your cancellation will be effective immediately, but Scribd
will allow You to access the Scribd Commercial Content until the most recently paid-up
Membership period ends, and then will terminate Your access to Scribd Commercial
Content, including any Scribd Commercial Content that You accessed using Your Scribd
Credits. Cancelling Your Membership wont cancel Your Account. For example, if You
made a Direct Purchase of certain Scribd Commercial Content, You will continue to be
able to access such Scribd Commercial Content after cancelling Your Membership, unless
Your account is terminated. See Section 9 below titled Term and Termination, for
information on terminating Your account.
You agree that Scribd may terminate Your Membership and/or account for non-payment
of Membership Fees. In the event of any cancellation or termination of your Membership
or account, we may remove and discard all or any part of Your account, User profile, and
any content related to Your account, at any time.
8. Removal of Content. Regardless of which purchase option You have selected, Scribd
reserves the right to modify or withdraw at any time any Scribd Commercial Content
from access by You at the request of its publisher or for any other reason. If Scribd
removes or deletes a particular piece of Scribd Commercial Content to which You have
purchased access, Scribd reserves the right to revoke Your access. If Scribd revokes Your

access, Scribd may provide a refund to You or offer You another form of compensation at
Scribds sole discretion. If Scribd removes any particular piece of Scribd Commercial
Content to which You have purchased access through a Direct Purchase, subject to any
usage limitation for that content, Scribd may provide (at Scribds sole discretion) to You a
limited window of time in which to download such removed Scribd Commercial Content.
9. Term and Termination. This Agreement begins on the date on which You accept its
terms and continues until terminated. We may terminate this Agreement (including Your
account), or suspend or terminate the Scribd Platform, with or without cause, at any time
and without notice to You. Please refer to the Scribd Terms of Use for additional terms
applicable to the cancellation or termination of Your account. Upon any cancellation or
termination of this Agreement and/or Your account, the rights and licenses granted to You
under this Agreement will automatically terminate. This means that, among other things,
You will no longer have access to any Scribd Commercial Content to which you have
purchased access via the Scribd Platform.
Updated: 16 March 2016
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