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Dialog ERA^SM (Electronic Redistribution and Archiving) Service

Introduction to Dialog ERA

Dialog ERA is an online service that provides a powerful, easy-to-use method to

• Distribute multiple copies of Dialog search results throughout your organization, using REDIST n
• Legally store search results on your intranet, LAN, or on an internal database, using ARCHIVE n
• Receive additional paper copies of Dialog output for redistribution in your organization, using COPIES n

Dialog ERA enables you to electronically store and redistribute copies of Dialog search results to coworkers in your organization. An organization is defined by the specific legal entity listed in the customer information block of the Dialog Standard Service agreement on file at Dialog. The definition includes your company's employees, divisions, and branch offices.

With Dialog ERA you can access many databases (see ERA Status of Databases), find the results you need, purchase redistribution and/or archival rights for your organization's redistribution and archival needs, and then receive the search results by a variety of delivery methods.

For more information online on the Dialog ERA options, enter HELP REDIST, HELP ARCHIVE, or HELP COPIES.

NOTE: HELP RATES nnn: Provides the most current multiplier tables for individual databases (nnn represents the database number). Use HELP RATES to determine REDIST, ARCHIVE, and COPIES charges before entering a transaction.

For a list of databases NOT participating in the Dialog ERA service, enter HELP NOERA.

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Dialog's Redistribution and Archiving Policy

The following guidelines for redistribution and archive uses of specified Dialog databases, as approved by their respective Information Providers (see current list of participants as reported online using the HELP ERA command), and other terms and conditions as published in the then-current Information Provider Terms and Conditions and the Dialog Standard Service Agreement governing redistribution and archive uses via the Dialog service, are meant to be read in their entirety, and along with warranties, and disclaimers, encompass permissible uses for data obtained via the Dialog service. Any other use of that data without express written permission is strictly prohibited.

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Dialog ERA Guidelines for Users

1. Information from these databases is delivered to users as intellectual property, copyrighted by the Information Providers and subject to the current database-specific Terms and Conditions of each Information Provider, provisions of international copyright conventions and other intellectual property laws.



2. These guidelines apply to all forms of distribution (printed, electronic, etc.) in any Dialog output formats.



3. Pricing is based on the then-current Dialog multiplier formula upon user's execution of the appropriate online command(s).



4. Subject to the current database-specific Terms and Conditions, a single user may copy and use information from Dialog services and keep it indefinitely for his own individual use.



5. Upon executing a REDIST or COPIES command, a user has permission to redistribute a specified number of copies only within the user's organization.*



6. Authorized redistribution may be machine-readable or paper copies. Any related, temporary electronic storage should be for purposes of making copies only.



7. Subject to the current database-specific Terms and Conditions, upon executing an ARCHIVE command, a user has permission to store the information indefinitely within the user's organization on a single machine/server or intranet for purposes of electronic access by the specified number of relevant users associated with the same organization.* Each of the specified users is authorized to make one copy of the record for his/her own use.



8. Authorized archiving of stored data does not include any subsequent copying of said data within the organization. Redistribution of archived data to users other than authorized archival users must be reported through the Dialog online REDIST command.



9. Authorized redistribution and/or archiving requires the intent not to create a derivative work.



10. Information Brokerage firms may make and provide one copy of information obtained from Dialog services to a single customer outside the Information Brokerage firm, provided that the Information Brokerage retains the copyright notice on the material. Additionally, a single customer of the Information Brokerage may request redistribution within his/her organization. Such redistribution must be reported directly by the Information Brokerage firm into the Dialog service so that the proper reporting/pricing will occur.



11. These guidelines are subject to change from time to time at the discretion of Dialog and superseding guidelines are effective upon publication.

*Organization is defined by the specific legal entity listed in the customer block in the Dialog Standard Service Agreement, including its employees, divisions, and branch offices.