This informational app (the “Application” or “App”) is provided to help you learn more about God, the Bible, and Jehovah’s Witnesses. Read, watch, and download the content that interests you. We want others to benefit from this Application too, but you may not reproduce its contents on another website or application. You may share what you have learned by directing others to download this Application.

These Terms of Use (this “Agreement”) is a legal agreement between Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc., a New York not-for-profit corporation (“Watchtower,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) and you, a user (“you” or “your”) of the Application.

Any updates, enhancements, new features, and/or the addition of any new Application properties are subject to this Agreement. This Agreement may be revised, modified, or terminated at any time by us at our sole option. You expressly agree that such modifications, revisions, or termination may have a material effect on your ability to use the Application. Your continued use and/or access to the Application following such modifications shall constitute binding acceptance of such modifications.

The failure to adhere to this Agreement (at our sole discretion) in whole or in part constitutes a material breach of these terms and may subject you to immediate termination of your access and/or license to use this Application. You expressly agree that we may terminate your access and/or license to use the Application at our sole discretion, for any reason or no reason.

YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT BY CLICKING THE “ACCEPT” BUTTON ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR BY DOWNLOADING, INSTALLING, COPYING, OR OTHERWISE USING OUR APPLICATION. YOUR LICENSE TO THE APPLICATION IS SUBJECT TO YOUR PRIOR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, YOU MAY NOT INSTALL, COPY, OR USE THE APPLICATION, AND YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY DELETE ALL COPIES OF THE APPLICATION FROM YOUR DEVICE.

1. GRANT OF LICENSE. This Application is licensed, not sold, to you for use only under the terms of this Agreement. Provided that you have complied with, and that you continue to comply with, all of the provisions of this Agreement, Watchtower hereby grants to you a fully revocable, limited, nontransferable, nonsublicensable, and nonexclusive right to access, use, install, execute, store, display, and run the Application on devices that you own or control for the purposes described in this Agreement or otherwise as may be instructed or described by Watchtower in writing. The terms of this Agreement will govern any upgrades provided by Watchtower that replace and/or supplement the original Application, unless such upgrade is accompanied by a separate license, in which case the terms of that license will govern. Some components of the Application may also be governed by applicable open-source licenses or other third-party licenses. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and any such licenses, such licenses shall prevail with respect to those components.

2. RESERVATION OF RIGHTS AND OWNERSHIP; THIRD-PARTY CONTENT, TRADEMARKS. Watchtower reserves all rights related to the Application that are not expressly granted to you in this Agreement. The Application is protected by copyright and other intellectual-property laws and treaties. As between you and Watchtower, Watchtower owns all right, title, and interest in and to the Application. Unless otherwise indicated, (i) all content contained within this Application and (ii) all trademarks associated with the Application are the property of Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania (“Watch Tower”). For the avoidance of doubt, all intellectual property licensed from a third-party supplier by Watchtower or Watch Tower and included in the Application shall remain the property of such third party. You agree not to remove, conceal, or otherwise modify any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notice or source identifier contained in or associated with the Application (including but not limited to those listed in the open source license attributions) (the “Attributions”). We cannot and do not guarantee access to information or other content belonging to any third party which is accessible by you through the Application (if any).

Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, and the Acrobat logo are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. iTunes and iPod are trademarks of Apple Inc. Microsoft, the Microsoft logo, and the names of any Microsoft software and products, including Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office 365, are trademarks of Microsoft Inc. Android is a trademark of Google LLC. The Android robot is reproduced or modified from work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/). All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective holders.

3. USAGE RESTRICTIONS. The Application is intended solely for your personal use as described in this Agreement or otherwise as may be instructed or described by Watchtower in writing. You agree that you shall not and that you shall not permit any other person, directly or indirectly, to: (a) rent, lease, loan, sell, resell, transfer, assign, reproduce, copy, publish, transmit, sublicense, distribute, create derivative works of or otherwise disseminate, exploit or make available any portion or all of the Application, (b) reverse engineer, decompile, modify, adapt, translate or disassemble any portion or all of the Application including without limitation any of its underlying ideas, algorithms or structure, or use the Application to create new applications, programs, products or services (except as and only to the extent any foregoing restriction is prohibited by applicable law or to the extent as may be permitted by the licensing terms governing use of any open sourced components included within the Application), (c) remove or otherwise modify any trademarks, trade names, service names, graphics, designs, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, commercial markings, trade dress or any other proprietary rights appearing through the Application (including without limitation the trademarks “JW” and “JW.ORG”) or any other trademark, (d) display the name, logo, trademark or other identifier of any individual or entity in such a manner as to give the viewer the impression that such other individual or entity is a publisher or distributor of the Application, or (e) use, post, transmit, or introduce any device, software or routine which interferes or attempts to interfere with the operation of any aspect of the Application, (f) register, attempt to register, or assist anyone else to register any trademarks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features, copyright, or other proprietary rights associated with Watchtower, Watch Tower, or any of their cooperating entities; (g) remove, obscure, or alter any notice of copyright, trademark, or other proprietary right appearing in or on any item included within the Application, (h) transmit, store, or process health information subject to United States HIPAA regulations, or (i) use the Application outside of the scope of the license granted in this Agreement. You shall comply with (and not knowingly violate) Google APIs Terms of Service.

Although you agree to comply with the above usage restrictions, you may request specific permission to reverse engineer, decompile, modify, adapt, translate, or disassemble any portion or all of the Application including without limitation any of its underlying ideas, algorithms, or structure, or to use the Application to create new applications, programs, products, or services. Watchtower shall grant permission at its sole discretion. To request this specific permission, please contact Watchtower by sending an email to DeveloperSupport@jw.org.

The failure of either Watchtower or you to insist upon strict performance of any provision of this Agreement or the failure of either Watchtower or you to exercise any right or remedy to which it is entitled hereunder or thereunder will not constitute a waiver thereof and will not cause a diminution of the obligations established by this Agreement. A waiver of any default will not constitute a waiver of any subsequent default. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement will be effective unless it is expressly stated to be a waiver and communicated to Watchtower or you respectively by the other party in writing.

4. USES AND PROHIBITED USES OF THE APPLICATION AND/OR THE CONTENT IN THE APPLICATION.

Subject to the restrictions set out below, you may:

• View, download, and print Watch Tower’s copyrighted artwork, electronic publications, music, photos, text, or videos from this Application for your own personal and noncommercial purposes.

• Share links to or electronic copies of downloadable publications, videos, or audio programs on this Application.

You may not and may not allow third parties to:

• Post artwork, electronic publications, trademarks, music, photos, videos, or articles from this Application on the Internet (any website, file-sharing site, video-sharing site, or social network).

• Distribute artwork, electronic publications, trademarks, music, photos, text, or videos from this Application with or as part of any software application (including uploading such materials to a server for use by a software application).

• Reproduce, duplicate, copy, distribute, or otherwise exploit any artwork, logos, electronic publications, trademarks, music, photos, text, videos, or any other materials on this Application for a commercial purpose or for money (even if no profit is involved).

• Create for distribution purposes any software applications, tools, or techniques that are specifically made to collect, copy, download, extract, harvest, or scrape data, HTML, images, or text from this Application. (This does not prohibit the distribution of free, noncommercial applications designed to download electronic files such as EPUB, PDF, MP3, and MP4 files from public areas of this site.)

• Misuse the Application, such as interfering with or accessing the Application or its services using a method other than what is explicitly provided.

• Use this Application in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the Application or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the Application, or use it in any way that is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, or harmful purpose or activity.

• Use this Application or any of its content artwork, electronic publications, trademarks, music, photos, text, or videos for any purposes related to marketing.

• Use the Application or any of its content for commercial purposes or to offer to sell any commercial products or the following: controlled substances; illegal drugs and drug contraband; weapons; pirated materials; instructions on making, assembling, or obtaining illegal goods or weapons to attack others; information used to violate the copyright(s) of, violate the trademark(s) of, or destroy others’ intellectual property or information; information used to illegally harm any people or animals; or pornography, nudity, escort services, or other content deemed adult related.

• Use the Application or any of its content to violate or encourage the violation of, the legal rights of others (for example, this may include the infringement or misappropriation of intellectual property rights of others in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act).

• Use the Application to send or distribute viruses, worms, Trojan horses, corrupted files, hoaxes, or other items of a destructive or deceptive nature.

• Use the Application to engage in any activity that is determined by us, in our sole and absolute discretion, to be illegal.

• Use the Application to post, transmit, display, or otherwise make available obscene, profane, defamatory, harassing, abusive, or threatening language.

• Use the Application or its content for any unlawful, invasive, infringing, defamatory, or fraudulent purpose (for example, this may include phishing, creating a pyramid scheme, or mirroring a website).

• Use the Application to generate, distribute, publish, or facilitate unsolicited mass email, promotions, advertisings, or other solicitations (“spam”).

• Engage in any activity that, in our sole and absolute discretion, disrupts, interferes with, circumvents, or is harmful to (or threatens to disrupt, interfere with, circumvent or be harmful to) the Application, our operations, or the ability of others to effectively use the Application.

Watchtower is not in any way responsible for any such prohibited uses by you or for any harassing, threatening, defamatory, offensive, or illegal messages or transmissions that you may receive as a result of using the Application.

As a user of the Application, you must (i) abide by all federal, state, and local laws, and (ii) observe all applicable copyright laws as such laws apply to music, videos, games, images, texts, and other media in both personal use and in production of electronic information.

5. TERMINATION. This Agreement is effective until terminated by you or Watchtower. Your rights under this Agreement will terminate automatically if you fail to comply with any of its terms or provisions. Watchtower may immediately terminate this Agreement with you and/or your license to use the Application for convenience at any time for any reason or no reason without liability or obligation to you. Upon termination of this Agreement, you shall cease all use of the Application and uninstall and delete the Application from all devices or other storage media. In no event will Watchtower be liable for the termination of this Agreement or disabling access to the Application.

6. MEDICAL INFORMATION

The content of this Application that contains any medical information or references (“Medical Information”) is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice, nor is it intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The Medical Information does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, physicians, products, procedures, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned in the Medical Information.

The Medical Information is not designed, intended, or authorized for use in connection with any medical or life-saving or life-sustaining decisions, systems, or procedures, or for any other application or purpose. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health-care provider with any question you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment. This Application assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of any Medical Information. Reliance on any Medical Information is solely at your own risk.

7. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. YOUR USE OF THE APPLICATION AND ANY CONTENT CONTAINED IN THE APPLICATION IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE APPLICATION IS PROVIDED “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE,” AND WITH ALL FAULTS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WATCHTOWER HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, AND CONDITIONS, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, DUTIES, OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, RELIABILITY OR AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS, QUALITY, SAFETY, SUITABILITY, WORKMANLIKE EFFORT, LACK OF VIRUSES, LACK OF NEGLIGENCE, OR THAT THE APPLICATION WILL PERFORM IN ANY PARTICULAR FASHION OR PRODUCE ANY PARTICULAR RESULT, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE USE OF THE APPLICATION BY YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON. WATCHTOWER DOES NOT WARRANT AGAINST INTERFERENCE WITH YOUR ENJOYMENT OF THE APPLICATION, THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN, OR SERVICES PERFORMED OR PROVIDED BY, THE APPLICATION WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, THAT THE OPERATION OF THE APPLICATION WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT THE APPLICATION WILL BE FREE FROM DELAYS, LOSS, ATTACK, HACKING, OR OTHER SECURITY INTRUSIONS. WATCHTOWER ALSO IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROVISION OF ANY SUPPORT OR ANY OTHER SERVICES OR THE FAILURE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT OR ANY OTHER SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATED TO THE APPLICATION. THERE ARE INHERENT RISKS IN THE DOWNLOADING AND USING OF ANY SOFTWARE, AND WATCHTOWER CAUTIONS YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL RISKS BEFORE DOWNLOADING, INSTALLING, OR OTHERWISE USING THE APPLICATION. NEITHER WATCHTOWER NOR ANY COOPERATING ENTITY OF WATCHTOWER NOR ANY OF THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, VOLUNTEERS, MEMBERS, LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, OR REPRESENTATIVES (COLLECTIVELY, THE “WATCHTOWER PARTIES”) SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY MAY SUFFER IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATED TO YOUR DOWNLOADING, INSTALLING, UNINSTALLING, MODIFYING, OR OTHERWISE USING THE APPLICATION OR ANY CONTENT CONTAINED IN THE APPLICATION.

8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL WATCHTOWER OR ANY OF THE OTHER WATCHTOWER PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, BUSINESS OR GOODWILL, OR FOR ANY ANTICIPATED LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS OR GOODWILL, FOR LOSS OF CONFIDENTIAL OR OTHER INFORMATION, FOR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, FOR FAILURE TO MEET ANY DUTY INCLUDING THAT OF GOOD FAITH OR OF REASONABLE CARE, FOR NEGLIGENCE, AND FOR ANY OTHER MONETARY OR OTHER LOSS WHATSOEVER) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE APPLICATION AND/OR THE CONTENT CONTAINED IN THE APPLICATION (OR YOUR INABILITY TO USE THE APPLICATION AND/OR ANY CONTENT CONTAINED IN THE APPLICATION) OR OTHERWISE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. THE FOREGOING SHALL APPLY WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY ARISES FROM ANY CLAIM BASED UPON CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY, STRICT LIABILITY, FAULT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WATCHTOWER OR ANY OF THE OTHER WATCHTOWER PARTIES HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY DAMAGES THAT YOU MIGHT INCUR FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER INVOLVING THE APPLICATION (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY OF THE DAMAGES REFERENCED HEREIN), THE ENTIRE LIABILITY OF THE WATCHTOWER PARTIES COLLECTIVELY, AND YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY HEREUNDER, SHALL BE LIMITED TO TEN DOLLARS ($10). THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY PROVISION IS INTENDED TO APPLY WITHOUT REGARD TO WHETHER OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT HAVE PROVED INEFFECTIVE.

9. INDEMNITY. You shall indemnify, defend and hold Watchtower and each of the other Watchtower Parties harmless from and against any and all threatened or actual claims, actions, suits, and demands and any and all resulting losses, liabilities, damages, expenses, and costs, including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, which arise in connection with or which are related to your use of the Application and/or any content contained in the Application, including but not limited to (a) your breach of this Agreement, including your use of the Application in any manner not expressly permitted hereunder, (b) your negligence or misconduct, (c) your violation of any law or regulation, (d) any representations and warranties made by you concerning any aspect of the Application and/or the content in the Application, (e) any claims with respect to acts or omissions of any third party in connection with the Application and/or the content in the Application, or (f) any claims made by or on behalf of any third party pertaining directly or indirectly to your use of the Application and/or the content in the Application.

10. LICENSE TO CONTENT AND INDEMNIFICATION. You expressly represent and warrant that you have the right and/or license to post any and all Content (as defined below) posted by you through the use of the Application. “Content” means any and all information provided by you in connection with your use of the Application, including without limitation information, content, data, messages, text, files, images, video, sounds, other materials, and any of the foregoing provided by you. You represent and warrant that the Content provided by you and the use by us of such Content will not infringe or misappropriate any patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, or other intellectual property rights of any third party.

You hereby grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, nonexclusive, and royalty-free right and license to use, host, store, modify, copy, distribute, communicate, publish, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate, and reformat such Content and to prepare derivative works of such Content. You agree to defend us and any Watchtower Parties at your sole cost and expense, against all actions, suits, and other proceedings of a party against any of the Watchtower Parties alleging infringement of any patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, or other right or violation of any license or other intellectual property rights, based upon the Content provided by you; and you agree to indemnify and hold the Watchtower Parties harmless from and against all judgments, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, and expenses (including without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and attorneys’ disbursements) arising out of or incurred in connection with such infringement. You understand that you are solely responsible for all Content posted on, transmitted through, or linked from the Application. You acknowledge that we do not prescreen or approve Content but that we shall have the right (but not the obligation) in our sole discretion to refuse, delete, or move any Content that is in violation of this Agreement or for any other reason.

11. EXPORTING. You may not use or otherwise export or reexport the Application or any of its content except as authorized by United States law and the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Application was obtained. In particular, but without limitation, the Application may not be exported or reexported (a) into any U.S.-embargoed countries or (b) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department’s Specially Designated Nationals List or the U.S. Department of Commerce Denied Persons List or Entity List. You also agree that you will not use the Application for any purposes prohibited by law.

12. PRIVACY. The terms regulating the handling of personally identifiable information and other information submitted by you in connection with the Application is described in the Privacy Policy of this Application.

13. GOVERNING LAW; TIMELY FILING OF CLAIMS. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, excluding New York’s choice-of-law principles, and all claims arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach thereof, whether sounding in contract, tort or otherwise, shall likewise be governed by the laws of the State of New York, excluding New York’s choice-of-law principles. Specifically excluded from application to this Agreement is that law known as the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods. YOU AGREE THAT REGARDLESS OF ANY STATUTE OR LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY CLAIM, SUIT, OR ACTION THAT YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST ANY OF THE WATCHTOWER PARTIES ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT MUST BE BROUGHT WITHIN SIX (6) MONTHS AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH THE EVENT UNDERLYING SUCH CLAIM OCCURRED OR IS ALLEGED TO HAVE OCCURRED.

14. MISCELLANEOUS. This Agreement, the Privacy Policy for the App, and the Attributions and any other written instructions related to the Application which are provided by Watchtower constitute the entire agreement between you and Watchtower relating to the Application, and they supersede all prior or contemporaneous oral or written communications, proposals, and representations with respect to the Application or any other subject matter covered by this Agreement. Watchtower will be excused from performance in this Agreement to the extent that performance is prevented, delayed, or obstructed by causes beyond its reasonable control. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be void, invalid, unenforceable, or illegal, such provision shall be modified by the court to most closely resemble the intent of Watchtower, and all other provisions of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. Watchtower may assign or otherwise transfer this Agreement to any of its cooperating entities. The failure of Watchtower at any time to require performance by you of any provision of this Agreement shall in no way affect Watchtower’s right to enforce such provisions, nor shall the waiver by Watchtower of any breach of any provision of this Agreement be taken or held to be a waiver of any further breach of the same provision.