KAM STAR ATTRIBUTION-NODERIVATIVES LICENSE WITH REGISTRATION

Effective Date: 1st March 2025

This licence agreement (“Licence”) is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single entity) and Dr. Kam Star (“Licencor”) for the work titled Value Accelerators : Private Equity Playbook For Product Leaders (“Work”).

1. DEFINITIONS

a. “Adaptation” means a work based upon the Work, or upon the Work and other pre-existing works, such as a translation, adaptation, derivative work, arrangement of music or other alterations of a literary or artistic work, or phonogram or performance and includes cinematographic adaptations or any other form in which the Work may be recast, transformed, or adapted including in any form recognizably derived from the original, except that a work that constitutes a Collection will not be considered an Adaptation for the purpose of this Licence.

b. “Collection” means a collection of literary or artistic works, such as encyclopaedias and anthologies, or performances, phonograms or broadcasts, or other works, which, by reason of the selection and arrangement of their contents, constitute intellectual creations, in which the Work is included in its entirety in unmodified form along with one or more other contributions, each constituting separate and independent works in themselves, which together are assembled into a collective whole.

c. “Distribute” means to make available to the public the original and copies of the Work through sale or other transfer of ownership.

d. “Licencor” means the individual, individuals, entity or entities that offer(s) the Work under the terms of this Licence.

e. “Original Author” means, in the case of a literary or artistic work, the individual, individuals, entity or entities who created the Work or if no individual or entity can be identified, the publisher.

f. “Work” means the literary and/or artistic work offered under the terms of this Licence including without limitation any production in the literary, scientific and artistic domain, whatever may be the mode or form of its expression including digital form, such as a book, pamphlet, and other writing.

g. “You” means an individual or entity exercising rights under this Licence who has not previously violated the terms of this Licence with respect to the Work, or who has received express permission from the Licencor to exercise rights under this Licence despite a previous violation.

h. “Registration” means the process by which You provide a valid email address and any required information to the Licencor through the designated registration system hosted at kamstar.net prior to exercising any rights granted by this Licence.

i. “Publicly Perform” means to perform public recitations of the Work and to communicate to the public those public recitations, by any means or process, including by wire or wireless means or public digital performances; to make available to the public Works in such a way that members of the public may access these Works from a place and at a place individually chosen by them.

j. “Reproduce” means to make copies of the Work by any means including without limitation by sound or visual recordings and the right of fixation and reproducing fixations of the Work, including storage in digital form or other electronic medium.

2. LICENSE GRANT

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Licence, Licencor hereby grants You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual (for the duration of the applicable copyright) licence to exercise the rights in the Work as stated below:

a. to Reproduce the Work, to incorporate the Work into one or more Collections, and to Reproduce the Work as incorporated in the Collections;

b. to Distribute and Publicly Perform the Work including as incorporated in Collections;

The above rights may be exercised in all media and formats whether now known or hereafter devised. The above rights include the right to make such modifications as are technically necessary to exercise the rights in other media and formats, but otherwise you have no rights to make Adaptations.

3. RESTRICTIONS AND CONDITIONS

The licence granted in Section 2 above is expressly made subject to and limited by the following restrictions:

a. Registration Requirement: Prior to exercising any of the rights granted to You under this Licence, You must complete the registration process at kamstar.net by providing a valid email address and any other requested information. You must not provide false information during registration. The registration must be completed once per user regardless of how many times the Work is used.

b. Attribution Requirement: You must, unless a request has been made pursuant to Section 3(f), keep intact all copyright notices for the Work and provide, reasonable to the medium or means You are utilizing: (i) the name of the Original Author (or pseudonym, if applicable) if supplied, and/or if the Original Author and/or Licencor designate another party or parties (e.g., a sponsor institute, publishing entity, journal) for attribution (“Attribution Parties”) in Licencor’s copyright notice, terms of service or by other reasonable means, the name of such party or parties; (ii) the title of the Work if supplied; (iii) to the extent reasonably practicable, the URI, if any, that Licencor specifies to be associated with the Work, unless such URI does not refer to the copyright notice or licensing information for the Work.

c. No Derivatives: You may not alter, transform, or build upon this Work. Any attempt to create an Adaptation is a violation of this Licence.

d. For the avoidance of doubt: i. Non-waivable Compulsory Licence Schemes. In those jurisdictions in which the right to collect royalties through any statutory or compulsory licensing scheme cannot be waived, the Licencor reserves the exclusive right to collect such royalties for any exercise by You of the rights granted under this Licence;

ii. Waivable Compulsory Licence Schemes. In those jurisdictions in which the right to collect royalties through any statutory or compulsory licensing scheme can be waived, the Licencor reserves the exclusive right to collect such royalties for any exercise by You of the rights granted under this Licence if Your exercise of such rights is for a purpose or use which is otherwise than non-commercial as permitted under Section 4(c) and otherwise waives the right to collect royalties through any statutory or compulsory licensing scheme; and,

iii. Voluntary Licence Schemes. The Licencor reserves the right to collect royalties, whether individually or, in the event that the Licencor is a member of a collecting society that administers voluntary licensing schemes, via that society, from any exercise by You of the rights granted under this Licence that is for a purpose or use which is otherwise than non-commercial as permitted under Section 4(c).

e. Except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Licencor or as may be otherwise permitted by applicable law, if You Reproduce, Distribute or Publicly Perform the Work either by itself or as part of any Collections, You must not distort, mutilate, modify or take other derogatory action in relation to the Work which would be prejudicial to the Original Author’s honor or reputation.

4. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMER

UNLESS OTHERWISE MUTUALLY AGREED TO BY THE PARTIES IN WRITING AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, LICENSOR OFFERS THE WORK AS-IS AND MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND CONCERNING THE WORK, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NONINFRINGEMENT, OR THE ABSENCE OF LATENT OR OTHER DEFECTS, ACCURACY, OR THE PRESENCE OF ABSENCE OF ERRORS, WHETHER OR NOT DISCOVERABLE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THIS EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

5. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY

EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL LICENSOR BE LIABLE TO YOU ON ANY LEGAL THEORY FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS LICENSE OR THE USE OF THE WORK, EVEN IF LICENSOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

6. TERMINATION

a. This Licence and the rights granted hereunder will terminate automatically upon any breach by You of the terms of this Licence. Individuals or entities who have received Collections from You under this Licence, however, will not have their licenses terminated provided such individuals or entities remain in full compliance with those licenses. Sections 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 will survive any termination of this Licence.

b. Subject to the above terms and conditions, the licence granted here is perpetual (for the duration of the applicable copyright in the Work). Notwithstanding the above, Licencor reserves the right to release the Work under different licence terms or to stop distributing the Work at any time; provided, however that any such election will not serve to withdraw this Licence (or any other licence that has been, or is required to be, granted under the terms of this Licence), and this Licence will continue in full force and effect unless terminated as stated above.

7. PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION

a. The Licencor will collect and process personal data, including but not limited to email addresses, provided during Registration solely for the purpose of administering this Licence, communicating updates related to the Work, and ensuring compliance with this Licence.

b. The Licencor will handle all personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws and regulations.

c. By completing Registration, You consent to the collection and processing of Your personal data as described in this section.

d. The Licencor will not sell Your personal data to third parties but may share it with service providers who assist in administering this Licence and the kamstar.net website.

e. You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of Your personal data by contacting the Licencor at https://kamstar.net

8. MISCELLANEOUS

a. Each time You Distribute or Publicly Perform the Work or a Collection, the Licencor offers to the recipient a licence to the Work on the same terms and conditions as the licence granted to You under this Licence.

b. If any provision of this Licence is invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, it shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of the terms of this Licence, and without further action by the parties to this agreement, such provision shall be reformed to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision valid and enforceable.

c. No term or provision of this Licence shall be deemed waived and no breach consented to unless such waiver or consent shall be in writing and signed by the party to be charged with such waiver or consent.

d. This Licence constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the Work licensed here. There are no understandings, agreements or representations with respect to the Work not specified here. Licencor shall not be bound by any additional provisions that may appear in any communication from You. This Licence may not be modified without the mutual written agreement of the Licencor and You.

e. The rights granted under, and the subject matter referenced, in this Licence were drafted utilizing the terminology of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (as amended on September 28, 1979), the Rome Convention of 1961, the WIPO Copyright Treaty of 1996, the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty of 1996 and the Universal Copyright Convention (as revised on July 24, 1971). These rights and subject matter take effect in the relevant jurisdiction in which the Licence terms are sought to be enforced according to the corresponding provisions of the implementation of those treaty provisions in the applicable national law. If the standard suite of rights granted under applicable copyright law includes additional rights not granted under this Licence, such additional rights are deemed to be included in the Licence; this Licence is not intended to restrict the licence of any rights under applicable law.

9. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

a. This Licence shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

b. Any disputes arising under or in connection with this Licence shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.

10. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

BY COMPLETING THE REGISTRATION PROCESS AT KAMSTAR.NET AND EXERCISING ANY RIGHTS TO THE WORK PROVIDED HERE, YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE. TO THE EXTENT THIS LICENSE MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE A CONTRACT, THE LICENSOR GRANTS YOU THE RIGHTS CONTAINED HERE IN CONSIDERATION OF YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

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Last updated: 18th March 2025 Available at: https://kamstar.net/licence