Last Updated: October 3, 2023

This is a legally binding agreement made by and between you and ipen publishers limited., a Nigerian corporation (together with its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates and also owners of the brand  “zeekapublish.com”, “we”, “our” or “us”). Please read these Digital Content Terms of Sale, the zeekapublish.com Privacy Policy, the zeekapublish.com Terms and Conditions of Use, the terms and conditions posted through any zeekapublish.com Application, or any additional terms and conditions, policies and guidelines posted on any other website, application, or services provided by zeekapublish.com (collectively, the “zeekapublish.com Services”) before purchasing any Digital Content or using any aspect of the zeekapublish.com Services. Such terms, conditions and polices collectively with these Digital Content Terms of Sale shall be referred to as the “Agreement”. By visiting and/or using the zeekapublish.com Services, accessing the Digital Content, creating a zeekapublish.com account, using any zeekapublish.com Application, or using any aspect of the zeekapublish.com Services, you agree to be bound by these Digital Content Terms of Sale. If you do not agree to be bound by these Digital Content Terms of Sale, you may not use the zeekapublish.com Services or any Digital Content.

These Digital Content Terms of Sale require the use of binding arbitration to resolve disputes rather than jury trials or class actions. Please see Section 10 for details, including instructions to follow in order to opt out of binding arbitration and the class action waiver.

Unless otherwise explicitly permitted herein, you may not use any Digital Content hereunder unless you are at least 13 years of age. If you are at least 13 years of age but under 18 years of age or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, whichever is greater, you represent and warrant that you have obtained the consent of your parent or legal guardian and that you have reviewed the terms of these Digital Content Terms of Sale with your parent or legal guardian before accessing or using any Digital Content to ensure that you understand these Digital Content Terms of Sale. Otherwise, you represent and warrant that you are: (i) at least 18 years of age or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, whichever is greater; and (ii) of legal age to form a binding contract. In all cases, you represent and warrant that you are not a person barred from accessing or using Digital Content under the laws of your country of residence or any other applicable jurisdiction.

1. DEFINITIONS

The following definitions are used throughout these Digital Content Terms of Sale:

“zeekapublish.com Application(s)” means the zeekapublish.com software applications for mobile devices, computers or other electronic devices (including any updates or upgrades to the Applications) that we make available to you, including zeekapublish.com Audiobooks.

zeekapublish.com Audiobooks” means the zeekapublish.com audiobooks subscription service offered through the zeekapublish.com Services.

“zeekapublish.com Content” means the content offered for sale through the zeekapublish.com Services (including all Digital Content).

“zeekapublish.com Services” means the zeekapublish.com website, any zeekapublish.com Application, and any other website, application or Supported Devices where zeekapublish.com sells digital content.

“Digital Content” means digital or electronic content or media which is available to you through the zeekapublish.com Services and which may be viewed on any zeekapublish.com website, zeekapublish.com Application, or Supported Device, including eBooks, audiobooks, eTextbooks, digital magazines, digital newspapers, digital journals and other periodicals, blogs, software applications (including applications developed by zeekapublish.com or third parties) and other digital content as determined by us from time to time.

“Digital Library” means the online digital locker or library hosted in our cloud storage facility where your purchases of Digital Content are stored and which you may access via the zeekapublish.com Services, your Supported Device and the zeekapublish.com Applications.

“Supported Devices” means a mobile, computer or other supported electronic device on which you are authorized to operate a zeekapublish.com Application or access Digital Content.

“Third-Party Content Providers” means our third-party providers, licensors or suppliers of Digital Content provided through the zeekapublish.com Services.

2. TERMS RELATING TO YOUR USE OF THE ZEEKAPUBLISH.COM SERVICES

(a) zeekapublish.com Account. You may visit and browse the zeekapublish.com Services without registering or opening a zeekapublish.com account with us. If the zeekapublish.com Services require you to open an account, you must complete the registration process by providing us with current, complete and accurate information required by the applicable registration form. You may also be required to accept separate terms of use as a condition of opening the account. Your use of the account to access the zeekapublish.com Services and Digital Content you have acquired from the zeekapublish.com Services is subject to all of the terms governing your zeekapublish.com account. For more information about your zeekapublish.com account, please see the zeekapublish.com Terms and Conditions of Use. You are responsible for keeping your account information and password confidential and are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account. You may also be able to create a zeekapublish.com account by logging in through a third-party service. By connecting to the zeekapublish.com Services with a third-party service, you give us permission to access and use your information from that service as permitted by that service, and to store your log-in credentials for that service.

(b) Privacy. We use certain information that we collect from you to operate and provide the zeekapublish.com Services. Please read our Privacy Policy as it describes the types of data we collect from you and your devices (“Data”) and how we use your Data. It is your responsibility to read the current Privacy Policy, so please check it periodically. By using the zeekapublish.com Services, you expressly consent to our collection, use and disclosure of your Data as described in our Privacy Policy. Please note that any information you provide to a third-party via the zeekapublish.com Services, for example via any services provided in the zeekapublish.com Services through a third-party link, will be subject to the privacy notice or similar terms of that third-party and not our Privacy Policy.

(c) Your Rights to Access/Use the zeekapublish.com Services. You may use the zeekapublish.com Services to browse the Digital Content and download or access Digital Content on Supported Devices solely for your personal, non-commercial use. zeekapublish.com Content is licensed, not sold, to you by us or our Third-Party Content Providers. We (and, where applicable, our Third-Party Content Providers) own all rights, title and interest in and to the zeekapublish.com Services (and all Digital Content) and all enhancements, upgrades, and modifications, customizations, and all intellectual property rights therein. All rights, title and interest in the zeekapublish.com Services and Digital Content not expressly granted to you in these Digital Content Terms of Sale are reserved. Without limiting the foregoing, no zeekapublish.com or ipen publishers limited trademark or trade dress may be used in connection with any product or service that is not ours, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among users, or in any manner that disparages or discredits us.

(d) Violation of these Terms. If you violate any of these Digital Content Terms of Sale, your rights under this license will immediately terminate, and we may terminate your access to the zeekapublish.com Services, Digital Content or your zeekapublish.com account without refund to you.

(e) Links to Third-Party Websites.

The zeekapublish.com Services may include links to third-party websites that let you leave the zeekapublish.com Services. These linked sites are not under the control of zeekapublish.com and zeekapublish.com is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. zeekapublish.com is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by zeekapublish.com of such site. Your use of the third-party website may be subject to that third-party’s terms and conditions.

3. TERMS RELATED TO DIGITAL CONTENT AND THE ZEEKA PUBLISH.COM SERVICES

(a) Risk of Loss. Risk of loss for Digital Content transfers when you download or access the Digital Content.

(b) Availability, Quantity and Order Limits. Not all Digital Content may be available to all users. Availability of Digital Content or the zeekapublish.com Services will depend on a number of factors, including where you reside and the Supported Device or zeekapublish.com Application that you are using.

Digital Content prices and availability are subject to change at any time and without notice. zeekapublish.com may place a limit on the quantities that may be purchased per order, per account, per credit card, per person, or per household. If the Digital Content that you ordered is unavailable, we may contact you to offer you an alternative product. If you do not choose to purchase the alternative product, we will cancel your order.

(c) Prices. Prices listed or shown on the zeekapublish.com Services may differ from the price shown in your shopping basket. It is possible that prices may increase or decrease between the times an item is placed in your shopping basket and the time that the purchase is actually made.

Despite our best efforts, on rare occasions an item may be priced incorrectly on the zeekapublish.com Services. If we have made a mistake and the correct price for the item is actually higher than the price listed on the zeekapublish.com Services at the time of purchase, then we may either (at our sole discretion): (i) contact you to see whether you want to buy the product at the higher price; (ii) cancel your order for such item and notify you of the cancellation; or (iii) deliver the item to you at the incorrect lower price to your benefit.

Please note that this Section 3(c) regarding prices applies only to items sold by us.

(d) Updates. The zeekapublish.com Services, related support libraries, or zeekapublish.com Content may need to be updated, for example, for bug fixes, enhanced functions, missing plug-ins and new versions (collectively, “Updates”). Such Updates may be necessary in order for you to use the zeekapublish.com Services or to access, download, or use Digital Content. By agreeing to these Digital Content Terms of Sale and using the zeekapublish.com Services, you agree to receive such Updates automatically. You may be able to manage Updates to certain zeekapublish.com Content via Settings in the applicable zeekapublish.com Application.

(e) Content and Product Descriptions. All information and descriptions provided about Digital Content, zeekapublish.com Applications, or Supported Devices made available through the zeekapublish.com Services are for your information only; information and descriptions may be less detailed and, in certain circumstances, different to information contained in actual item packaging, materials and other descriptions. Please read all packaging, labels, safety warnings, instructions and directions for use prior to using items made available through the zeekapublish.com Services. The items made available through the zeekapublish.com Services that are not produced by us contain descriptions that are provided directly by the publisher, manufacturer, developer, distributor or seller of such item (as the case may be).

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DIGITAL CONTENT PROVIDED BY A THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDER, INCLUDING ANY INACCURATE OR INCOMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY ITEMS DISPLAYED, ADVERTISED, MADE AVAILABLE AND/OR SOLD IN OR THROUGH THE ZEEKAPUBLISH.COM SERVICES WHICH HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO US BY SUCH THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDER. FURTHER, WE DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE DESCRIPTIONS OF SUCH ITEMS ARE ACCURATE OR COMPLETE.

(f) Special Terms for zeekapublish.com Audiobooks Subscription Service. Use of the zeekapublish.com Audiobooks subscription service is subject to the terms and conditions of the service set out in these Digital Content Terms of Sale, which we may modify at any time and at our discretion. Each time you access and/or use the zeekapublish.com Audiobooks subscription service, you agree to be bound by these Digital Content Terms of Sale. Your continued use of the zeekapublish.com Audiobooks subscription service after the modified Digital Content Terms of Sale are posted to our website will constitute your affirmative acceptance to the modified Digital Content Terms of Sale. If you do not agree to, or cannot comply with, the Digital Content Terms of Sale as amended, you must stop using the zeekapublish.com Services, including the zeekapublish.com Audiobooks subscription service.

zeekapublish.com Audiobooks subscribers may listen to a choice of audiobooks from a select set of Digital Content for a monthly subscription fee. The audiobooks available to zeekapublish.com Audiobooks subscribers may change from time to time and zeekapublish.com makes no guarantees about the availability of such Digital Content.

You agree to pay the applicable monthly subscription fees for the zeekapublish.com Audiobooks subscription type you select at the time you register for the subscription. Additional payment terms applicable to the monthly subscription fees for the zeekapublish.com Audiobooks subscription will be as set forth in the FAQ pages on the zeekapublish.com Audiobooks website or Application for audiobooks. The applicable monthly fees for subscriptions you are required to pay may vary based on the type of zeekapublish.com Audiobooks subscription you elect. Monthly subscription fees may be subject to tax and are non-refundable except in the specific circumstances set forth below.

As part of your zeekapublish.com Audiobooks subscription, we will issue you credits redeemable for content through the zeekapublish.com Audiobooks subscription service (“Credits”). Credits may only be redeemed for audiobooks through the zeekapublish.com Audiobooks subscription service, have no cash value, are non-transferrable and non-refundable. In the event that your zeekapublish.com Audiobooks subscription is terminated or expires, any unused Credits may be redeemed by you during a 30-day grace period after termination. Such credits will expire at the end of the 30-day grace period.

SUBSCRIPTIONS WILL AUTOMATICALLY RENEW FOR ADDITIONAL ONE (1) MONTH PERIODS, UNLESS YOU CANCEL YOUR ZEEKAPUBLISH.COM AUDIOBOOKS SUBSCRIPTION. IF YOU DO NOT CANCEL YOUR SUBSCRIPTION AND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION IS AUTO-RENEWED, YOU WILL BE CHARGED THE THEN-APPLICABLE SUBSCRIPTION FEES AND ANY APPLICABLE TAXES, USING THE PAYMENT METHOD WE HAVE ON FILE FOR YOU. THE PRICING DURING ANY AUTOMATIC RENEWAL TERM WILL BE THE SAME AS THAT DURING THE IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TERM UNLESS WE HAVE GIVEN YOU WRITTEN NOTICE OF A PRICING INCREASE AT LEAST THIRTY (30) DAYS PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH INCREASE. YOU MAY VIEW YOUR CURRENT SUBSCRIPTION PLAN, SUBSCRIPTION TERM AND BILLING INFORMATION AT ANY TIME IN YOUR ACCOUNT SETTINGS.

If your zeekapublish.com Audiobooks subscription includes a free trial, you will receive access to the audiobooks made available as part of the Digital Content for the duration of the free trial period. At the end of your free trial period, zeekapublish.com will charge or debit the payment method provided at the time of your registration for the zeekapublish.com Audiobooks subscription, and you will be billed for the subscription term and at the subscription intervals set forth at the time of your subscription to the zeekapublish.com Audiobooks subscription services.

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL ZEEKAPUBLISH.COM AUDIOBOOKS SUBSCRIPTION FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.

When you sign up for a subscription, you will be asked to provide your credit card information. You hereby authorize us to bill your credit card in advance for your subscription fees and annually thereafter until your subscription to the zeekapublish.com Audiobooks service terminates, and you further agree to pay any subscription fees so incurred. You agree to promptly update your account information with any changes (for example, a change in your billing address or credit card expiration date) that may occur. If we cannot charge your credit card for any fees when due because your payment information is no longer valid and up-to-date, or if we do not receive your payment when due through the alternative payment method you have selected, we may, at our election: (a) suspend your access to the portion of the zeekapublish.com Audiobooks service provided on a subscription basis (including any Credits on your account), in which case you will be responsible for all subscription fees incurred during the period of suspension, or (b) without waiving our rights to suspend or terminate your account, allow you a longer period during which to make payment, in which case you will remain responsible for all subscription fees incurred while we await your payment. Late payments incur interest charges at the rate of 1% per month on any outstanding balance or the maximum amount permitted by applicable law, whichever is less. The fees hereunder do not include any local, state or federal taxes or duties for transactions arising hereunder. If we are responsible for collecting such taxes based on the transactions under these Digital Content Terms of Sale, you will be responsible for payment of all such taxes or duties, excluding taxes based on zeekapublish.com net income or property.

(g) Indemnity. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless us and our Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims, actions, demands, damages, costs, liabilities, losses and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of your use of the zeekapublish.com Services or Digital Content.

(h) Notice and Take Down Procedure for Claims of Infringement. The Copyright Act of 2023 (the “CPRA”) provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that material appearing on the Internet infringes their rights under Nigerian copyright law. If you believe in good faith that materials available on or through the Services infringe your rights please see the zeekapublish.com Copyright Policy.

4. YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING DIGITAL CONTENT

(a) Digital Content License. We offer you the ability to purchase or download Digital Content from and through the zeekapublish.com Services for viewing and use on a Supported Device or via a zeekapublish.com Application, using your Digital Library. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, revocable license to access, store and make personal, non-commercial use of the Digital Content in accordance with these Digital Content Terms of Sale. Your rights to the Digital Content, as set forth herein, will apply even if the amount paid for the Digital Content is zero.

Certain Digital Content, including but not limited to audiobooks or eTextbooks, may be licensed for listening or viewing over a limited period of time. If a limited period license applies to particular content, we will identify the license period in the zeekapublish.com Services. If no license period is identified, then the license period for such Digital Content is indefinite.

You may generally browse, preview or search Digital Content without having to purchase or download the Digital Content. However, in order to be able to purchase and/or download Digital Content, you must first open a zeekapublish.com account and provide valid credit card information and your billing address to us and either: (i) install the necessary zeekapublish.com Application onto your Supported Device; or (ii) register your Supported Device by logging into your zeekapublish.com account from your Supported Device. If you have difficulty downloading or accessing Digital Content from the zeekapublish.com Services, please contact customer service for assistance.

Your purchased Digital Content will be stored in, or accessible from, your Digital Library. You can access your Digital Library by signing into your zeekapublish account. You may also transfer most Digital Content from your Digital Library to no more than a total of three (3) Supported Devices or zeekapublish.com Applications at any one time; however, certain Digital Content, including eTextbooks, may be transferred to no more than a total of two (2) Supported Devices or zeekapublish.com Applications at any one time. You may not transfer Digital Content from one Supported Device to another without maintaining the applicable digital rights management solution for that Digital Content. You may not bypass, modify, defeat or circumvent any of the security features, special rules or other applications that protect Digital Content.

We reserve the right to modify or discontinue the offering of any Digital Content at any time. If an item of Digital Content becomes unavailable prior to download but after purchase, your sole and exclusive remedy is the refund of the purchase price paid for such Digital Content to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. Some Digital Content may not remain available for re-download from your Digital Library, if for example, the publisher of the Digital Content no longer retains the rights or other licenses, consents or permissions to that Digital Content. Digital Content already downloaded to your Supported Device or zeekapublish.com Application will generally not be affected.

(b) Digital Content Restrictions. You may not:

• upload, post, reproduce, or distribute in any way Digital Content or any zeekapublish.com Application, protected by copyright, or other proprietary right, without obtaining permission of the owner of the copyright or other propriety right except as specifically permitted and only in the exact manner provided.
• sell, rent, lease, redistribute, broadcast, transmit, communicate, modify, sublicense, transfer, assign any Digital Content to any third-party including with regard to any downloads of Digital Content that you may obtain through the zeekapublish.com Services except as specifically permitted and only in the exact manner provided.
• use Digital Content as part of any service for sharing, lending or multi-person use, or for the purpose of any other institution, except as specifically permitted and only in the exact manner provided.
• attempt to, or assist, authorize or encourage others to circumvent, disable or defeat any of the security features or components that protect, obfuscate or otherwise restrict access to any Digital Content or the zeekapublish.com Services.
• remove any watermarks, labels or other legal or proprietary notices included in any Digital Content, or attempt to modify any Digital Content obtained through the zeekapublish.com Services, including any modification for the purpose of disguising or changing any indications of the ownership or source of Digital Content.
• Reformat, optimize or customize the Digital Content for display, distribution or transmission via any platforms, protocols or delivery mechanisms other than as we specifically authorize.
• Impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on zeekapublish.com computing, storage or communications infrastructure, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Service, through password mining or otherwise.
• Harvest, scrape or collect any information from the zeekapublish.com Services.
• use Digital Content for any commercial or illegal purpose.

(c) No Responsibility for Digital Content. The zeekapublish.com Services permit you to access to a wide variety of Digital Content, some of which may be inappropriate for, or offensive to, some viewers. We do not exercise any editorial control over Digital Content. We provide only the zeekapublish.com Services, which is intended to allow you access to Digital Content. Under no circumstances will we be liable for any loss, damages or harm caused by your access to or reliance on any Digital Content or any instruction, material, or advice contained in any Digital Content. You must determine whether Digital Content you access, purchase, stream or download is appropriate, useful, accurate and complete. Your use of Digital Content is solely at your own risk. Where our Third-Party Content Providers have provided us with age ratings information we will make such information available to you. However, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of such age ratings information or of the descriptions or categories of Digital Content provided for your convenience.

5. USER GENERATED CONTENT AND OUR INTERACTIVE COMMUNITY

The zeekapublish.com Services offer you numerous opportunities to participate in interactive activities, which enable users to communicate with each other directly, or which enable users to post information and other material that will be visible to other users of that application or services (“Interactive Community”). If you are participating in the Interactive Community services through the zeekapublish.com Services, and post, publish or communicate any information, data, software, photographs, graphs, videos, typefaces, graphics, music, sounds, and other material on through the Interactive Community services, please choose carefully the information that you post and/or provide to other users (“User Created Content”). Please note that your participation in the Interactive Community and your User Created Content will be governed by the zeekapublish.com Terms and Conditions of Use.

6. RETURNS AND REFUNDS

Digital Content cannot be returned once purchased.

7. TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION

(a) Termination by Us. We may terminate your account or use of the zeekapublish.com Services at any time for any reason, including, without limitation, if you are in breach of these Digital Content Terms of Sale or any related policies, or if the zeekapublish.com Services are no longer operated by us. By using the zeekapublish.com Services, you agree to be responsible (in accordance with these terms) for any orders you make or charges you incur prior to such termination. We may change, discontinue, or otherwise suspend the zeekapublish.com Services or any Digital Content at any time, for any reason, and without prior notice to you.

(b) By You. You may terminate your use of the zeekapublish.com Services, Digital Content, your Digital Library or your zeekapublish.com account at any time by ceasing all use of the zeekapublish.com Services, Digital Content, your Digital Library or your zeekapublish.com account.

(c) Effect of Termination or Suspension. Following termination (by us or by you) or suspension, you will not be permitted to use the zeekapublish.com Services, Digital Content, or access your Digital Library and/or zeekapublish.com account. In the case of termination by us of your zeekapublish.com account, you will remain liable for all amounts due under your zeekapublish.com account up to and including the date of termination.

Any provision of these Digital Content Terms of Sale that should, by its nature, survive termination of this Agreement will survive its termination. Such provisions include, but are not limited to the following Sections: Section 3(g) (Indemnity); Section 7 (Termination or Suspension); Section 8 (Disclaimer of Warranties); Section 9 (Limitation of Liability); Section 10 (Dispute Resolution, Arbitration and Class Action Waiver); Section 11 (General).

8. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE AND OUR SUPPLIERS AND LICENSORS PROVIDE THE ZEEKAPUBLISH.COM SERVICES, ZEEKAPUBLISH.COM CONTENT INCLUDING DIGITAL CONTENT, ANY ZEEKAPUBLISH.COM ACCOUNT AND ANY DIGITAL LIBRARY ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER. THE USE OF THE ZEEKAPUBLISH.COM SERVICES, THE ZEEKAPUBLISH.COM CONTENT INCLUDING DIGITAL CONTENT, ANY ZEEKAPUBLISH.COM ACCOUNT AND ANY DIGITAL LIBRARY IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. NEITHER WE NOR OUR SUPPLIERS, AFFILIATES OR LICENSORS (AS APPLICABLE) MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, THAT THE ZEEKAPUBLISH.COM SERVICES, THE ZEEKAPUBLISH.COM CONTENT INCLUDING DIGITAL CONTENT, ANY ZEEKAPUBLISH.COM ACCOUNT AND ANY DIGITAL LIBRARY OR THEIR USE WILL: (I) BE UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE; (II) BE FREE OF DEFECTS, INACCURACIES OR ERRORS; OR (III) OTHERWISE MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, LACK OF HIDDEN OR LATENT DEFECTS, SECURITY, MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, QUIET ENJOYMENT AND NONINFRINGEMENT OR ARISING BY REASON OF CUSTOM OR USAGE IN THE TRADE OR BY COURSE OF DEALING.

WE TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIRD-PARTY ADVERTISEMENTS OR THIRDPARTY APPLICATIONS THAT ARE POSTED ON OR THROUGH OR MADE AVAILABLE ON THE ZEEKAPUBLISH.COM SERVICES, AND, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE DO NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PROVIDED BY THIRD-PARTY ADVERTISERS ON THE ZEEKAPUBLISH.COM SERVICES.

9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

(a) EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE AND OUR SUPPLIERS AND LICENSORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD-PARTY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUE, LOST OR CORRUPTED DATA, OR DAMAGE TO REPUTATION OR GOODWILL OR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES OR LOSSES ARISING FROM, RELATING TO OR CONNECTED WITH YOUR USE OF (OR INABILITY TO USE) THE ZEEKAPUBLISH.COM SERVICES AND/OR ZEEKAPUBLISH.COM CONTENT INCLUDING DIGITAL CONTENT, ANY ZEEKAPUBLISH.COM ACCOUNT AND/OR ANY DIGITAL LIBRARY REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION ON WHICH THE CLAIM IS BASED (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, TORT, CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, PRODUCT DEFECT OR MISREPRESENTATION), EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

(b) LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY RELATED TO THE BARNES & NOBLE SERVICES, THE BARNES & NOBLE CONTENT INCLUDING DIGITAL CONTENT, YOUR BARNES & NOBLE ACCOUNT OR ANY DIGITAL LIBRARY EXCEED US$100 IN TOTAL (OR THE EQUIVALENT IN LOCAL CURRENCY, TO THE EXTENT THAT LOCAL CURRENCY NEEDS TO APPLY).

10. DISPUTE RESOLUTION, ARBITRATION AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY BECAUSE IT REQUIRES YOU AND ZEEKAPUBLISH.COM TO AGREE TO RESOLVE ALL DISPUTES BETWEEN US THROUGH BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION.

Any dispute or claim arising from, relating to, or connected with these Digital Content Terms of Sale, the zeekapublish.com Services, the zeekapublish.com Content including Digital Content, any zeekapublish.com account and/or any Digital Library (each a “Claim”) will be resolved by binding arbitration (rather than in court). All Claims submitted to arbitration under these Digital Content Terms of Sale will be according to the Nigerian Arbitration and Conciliation Act and Rules (including the Supplementary Procedures or subsequent amendments), and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The place of arbitration shall be the FCT-Abuja or, where limited by applicable law, the jurisdiction in which you reside or (may be conducted by telephone, online, virtually or based solely upon written submissions where no in-person appearance is required). Notwithstanding this Section 10, we may bring a Claim for injunctive or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction as necessary to enforce our intellectual property rights or those of our affiliates, suppliers, or licensors.

WAIVER OF CLASS ACTIONS. We each agree that any Claim will be arbitrated or litigated, as the case may be, on an individual basis and shall not be consolidated with any Claim of any other party whether through class action proceedings, class arbitration proceedings or otherwise. WE EACH AGREE THAT WE ARE KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVING ANY RIGHT WE MAY HAVE TO A COURT TRIAL WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE DIGITAL CONTENT TERMS OF SALE.

OPTION TO OPT-OUT. To opt out of the arbitration and class-action waiver terms in this Section 10, you must notify us in writing within 30 days of the date that you first accept these Digital Content Terms of Sale (unless a longer period is required by applicable law). You must mail your written notification to zeekapublish.com or ipen publishers limited through is contact address to the Head of Legal Department; and your written notification must include your name, address and an unequivocal statement that you want to opt-out of this arbitration agreement.

You acknowledge and agree that, regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any Claim or cause of action you may have must be filed within one (1) calendar year after such Claim or cause of action arises, or forever be barred.

For purposes of any Claim that is not subject to the arbitration procedures in this Section 10, we both agree to the governing law and jurisdiction as set out in Section 11(c) below.

11. GENERAL

(a) Changes to these Digital Content Terms of Sale. We may, in our sole discretion, modify these Digital Content Terms of Sale from time to time without notice to you. Each time you access and/or use the zeekapublish.com Services, you agree to be bound by these Digital Content Terms of Sale. We recommend that you periodically review these Digital Content Terms of Sale so that you are aware of the terms and conditions that apply to your use of the zeekapublish.com Services (and any Digital Content, zeekapublish.com account and/or Digital Library). You agree that such modified Digital Content Terms of Sale will be effective immediately and that we may provide notice to you of any modifications to the Digital Content Terms of Sale by posting them on the zeekapublish.com Services. Your continued use of the zeekapublish.com Services after the modified Digital Content Terms of Sale are posted will constitute your affirmative acceptance to the modified Digital Content Terms of Sale. If you do not agree to, or cannot comply with, the Digital Content Terms of Sale as amended, you must stop using the zeekapublish.com Services, including all Digital Content.

(b) Assignment. These Digital Content Terms of Sale and all of your rights and obligations under it are not assignable or transferable by you without our prior written consent. We may freely assign or transfer these Digital Content Terms of Sale or any of our rights and obligations under it.

(c) Governing Law; Jurisdiction. These Digital Content Terms of Sale will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Nigeria, excluding its conflict of laws principles.

Subject to Section 10 (Dispute Resolution, Arbitration and Class Action Waiver) above and applicable law, you and we both irrevocably agree that the Federal and State High Courts of FCT-Abuja, Nigeria shall have the exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with these Digital Content Terms of Sale or their subject matter.

(d) Contact Information. For help with the zeekapublish.com Services (and any Digital Content, any zeekapublish.com account and/or any Digital Library) or if you have any questions regarding these Digital Content Terms of Sale, please contact customer service; via the contact addresses in our website.