License Agreement

IMPORTANT! The software included with this scanner is licensed only on the condition that the licensee ("you") agree to the terms and conditions set forth in the following legal agreement. READ THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. YOU WILL BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT IF YOU OPEN THE DISK PACKAGE OR USE THE SOFTWARE. If you do not agree to the terms contained in this Agreement, please return the disk package UNOPENED to your dealer and your license fee will be refunded.

EPSON AMERICA, INC. ("EPSON") will grant you a nontransferable, non-exclusive license to use the software (the "Licensed Software") and the accompanying documentation (the Licensed Software, the media embodying the Licensed Software, and the documentation are referred to in this Agreement as the "Licensed Materials"), if you agree to the following terms and conditions:

1. TERM; TERMINATION

This Agreement is effective from the date on which you first use the Licensed Materials. This Agreement may be terminated by you at any time by destroying the Licensed Materials, together with all copies. It will also terminate automatically and without notice if you fail to comply with any term or condition of this Agreement.

2. LICENSE GRANT

EPSON grants to you the right to use the Licensed Software in conjunction with a single personal computer as noted herein. YOU MAY NOT USE, COPY,

MODIFY, OR TRANSFER THE LICENSED MATERIALS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT.

3. OWNERSHIP

The Licensed Materials are the sole and exclusive property of EPSON and its licensors.

4. COPY RESTRICTIONS

You may make one (1) copy of the Licensed Software for backup purposes.

You may not decompile, disassemble, or electronically transfer the Licensed Software, or translate the Licensed Software into another computer language. You may not copy the documentation.

You agree to include the copyright notice set forth on the label of the media and embodied in the Licensed Software on any copy of the Licensed Software in any form, in whole or in part.

5. PROTECTION AND SECURITY

You agree to use your best efforts and take all reasonable steps to safeguard the Licensed Materials to ensure that no unauthorized person shall have access thereto and that no unauthorized copy, publication, disclosure or distribution, in whole or in part, in any form shall be made. You acknowledge that the Licensed materials contain valuable, confidential information and trade secrets and that unauthorized use and/or copying are harmful to EPSON and its licensors.

6. LIMITED WARRANTY

The only warranty EPSON makes to you in connection with the Licensed Materials is that the media on which the Licensed Software is recorded will be replaced without charge, if EPSON, in good faith, determines that it was defective and not subject to misuse, and if the media and proof of purchase are returned to EPSON or the dealer from whom the Licensed Materials were obtained within ninety (90) days of the date of purchase.

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