1. Rights1.1 Proprietary Rights and Copyrights
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1.2 Customer’s Rights
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1.3 Redistribution
The Customer is not entitled to copy, publish, resell, lend or rent samples of the Data or part hereof or otherwise redistribute the Data (original as well as processed Data) without the prior written consent of GEUS, unless explicitly allowed in these terms of delivery. If the Data are redistributed or otherwise made available to third parties in accordance with art. 1.2 above or in accordance with a specific written agreement, the Customer is obliged to inform the third party of and impose on him the obligation to respect GEUS’ rights according to these terms of delivery.
1.4 Source Reference etc.
The Customer is obliged to acknowledge GEUS properly as data source in accordance with the Danish law on copyrights and common practice. To the extent possible, acknowledgements must refer to the Data enabling third parties to become acquainted with the Data from GEUS in their original form. Furthermore, if the information is available, the Customer must refer to the date of GEUS’ latest update, possible reservations as to the accuracy of the Data, and information of any addition, processing etc. the Customer has made.
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