By joining High School Notes you acknowledge that you have read and agree to be bound by the following Terms and Conditions of use.
The purpose of High School Notes is to create relevant and useful scholastic services for students.
High School Notes may modify these Terms and Conditions from time to time and any such modifications will be effective and binding upon you.
High School Notes may decline to accept any person for registration. High School Notes may also cancel and delete an existing account for failing to provide adequate identification and/or not complying with these site terms and conditions. High School Notes retains absolute discretion to determine any membership of High School Notes.
Access the site is conditional upon you providing your email address and attaching your password. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your email and password. You must notify High School Notes immediately of any unauthorised use of your email and password. You are responsible for any authorised or unauthorised actions undertaken using your email address and password and High School Notes accepts no responsibility whatsoever for any unauthorised use other than as a direct result of its own, or its representatives fault.
You must not attempt to mislead or deceive by posting inaccurate, incomplete or false material to the website or by impersonating any person on the website. You must not post to the website, material which infringes the intellectual property rights of any third party.
You must not post any illegal, threatening, abusive, harmful, obscene or otherwise objectionable material to the website. You must not use the website for or to encourage any unlawful action, including but not limited to, cheating by students. You must not post material which consists of exam answers, assignments or work that a student is required to complete in order to fulfil a course of study.
You must not post to the website, material which contains or is a virus, worm, Trojan horse, spyware or other contaminating or destructive code. You must not use any device, routine or software to reduce the functionality of the Website or disrupt its users.
You will indemnify High School Notes, its officers, employees and agents against all loss, damage, costs, professional fees and expenses (including legal fees), actions, claims and liability arising directly or indirectly from or in relation to your use or misuse of the website. The termination of your use of the website will not terminate your obligations under these Terms and Conditions.
You consent to High School Notes collecting, using and disclosing material in accordance with our Privacy Policy. High School Notes cannot guarantee that this material will not be unlawfully accessed or altered by a third party during transit over the Internet or while on the Website.
To enable delivery of some services to you, you acknowledge that High School Notes may provide your personal information and other material from you to specified contracted third party service providers. High School Notes enters into contractual arrangements with these service providers to maintain the confidentiality of your personal information.
High School Notes reserves the right to change, add or cancel services or features of High School Notes, as well as reformat material which you have posted to the website without prior notice.
High School Notes does not guarantee that High School Notes services will be provided uninterrupted or error-free. The website may be temporarily unavailable.
The contents of this website are intended for general information only. High School Notes does not make any warranties or representations, express or implied, in relation to the completeness, accuracy or timeliness of the information contained in the website. To the extent permitted by law, High School Notes excludes all liability for any direct, indirect or consequential damage, loss or costs caused by or in connection with your use of or inability to use the website or High School Notes's breach of contract or statute, negligence or misrepresentation.
You acknowledge that any links from High School Notes to third party sites do not indicate that High School Notes has any control over or responsibility for the contents of such sites. High School Notes excludes all liability for any direct or indirect damage, loss or costs of any kind arising in any way out of or in connection with your access and/or use of third party sites.
Some of the websites provided as part of High School Notes connect you with other parties who you may later enter into an agreement with.High School Notes is not a party in these transactions.
By utilising ancillary services introduced to you by High School Notes, you are agreeing that all data created as part of the use of those ancillary services is considered material posted by you to High School Notes.
A failure or delay by High School Notes in exercising a right under these Terms and Conditions does not result in a waiver of that right. A waiver of any right under these Terms and Conditions must be made in writing.
If any part of these Terms and Conditions is held to be invalid or unenforceable that part shall be severed and the remaining Terms and Conditions will continue to be valid and enforceable.
These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of New South Wales and you submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales and any courts which may hear appeals from these courts in respect of proceedings regarding these Terms and Conditions.
High School Notes is a platform made for students who wish to buy or sell subject notes (“Notes”) and other materials that has been prepared by them in relation to the subjects they study.
High School Notes is not a party to contracts formed between a person who uploads, offers to sell and sells Notes (“Seller”) and a person who buys Notes (“Buyer”) using the High School Notes platform. High School Notes does not have any legal interest in, or claim any ownership of the Notes, whether in whole or in part. High School Notes is merely a platform on which Sellers list Notes for Buyers to purchase. Legal rights to the Notes, including intellectual property rights, do not pass to or vest in High School Notes at any time. High School Notes excludes its liability to the fullest extent permitted by law, and is not responsible for the conduct of any user of High School Notes, whether being a Buyer, Seller, or independent third party.
Insofar as the Notes constitute original copyright works in which copyright subsists pursuant to the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) (Copyright Act), all rights of exploitation of the Notes remain with the author of the Notes (subject to any licenses or assignments of the copyright in the Notes having occurred, arrangements to which High School Notes will not be and is not privy to).
Any questions or issues relating to the use of the secure payment gateway should be made in writing to hello@highschoolnotes.com.au.
As a Seller, you warrant that you:
are the sole owner of the copyright (and other relevant intellectual property rights) subsisting in the Notes; and
have all legal rights required to offer the Notes for sale, as well as sell the Notes, via High School Notes.
You acknowledge that High School Notes reserves the rights to pass on your contact details to a third party that disputes your ownership or makes claims of intellectual property infringement in relation to any document you submit.
As a Seller, you warrant that all supporting information you provide in connection with the Notes or otherwise to High School Notes, such as related subject, university, title, description, and grades are correct.
You warrant that the Notes do not consist of exam answers, assignments or work that a student is required to complete in order to fulfil a course of study. All published Notes are intended to assist students with their studies and not be used to facilitate cheating.
You acknowledge and agree that you assume all responsibility and liability in relation to accuracy of the Notes and any representations that you make in relation to the Notes, as well as any loss or damage suffered by a Buyer (or any other third party) in connection with the Notes, including in relation to any allegation(s) of intellectual property infringement and actions taken in relation to such allegations.
You acknowledge and agree that High School Notes is not liable for any conduct in relation to the Notes, and has expressly excluded all liability to the fullest extent as permitted by law.
High School Notes does not verify the accuracy of the contents of the Notes, the rights or abilities of Sellers to legally sell the Notes, or the subsistence, validity or otherwise of any intellectual property rights that may subsist in the Notes.
While High School Notes does not have any obligation to moderate the Notes listed on High School Notes, High School Notes reserves the right to accept or reject any Notes based on any criteria of its choosing, or remove any Notes from High School Notes at its own discretion.
Sellers agree not to list their Notes for sale and/or sell their Notes via any other service, whether electronic or otherwise, other than High School Notes.
Further, as a Seller, you warrant to High School Notes that you will not sell, supply or otherwise provide your Notes, in whole or part, to any other party via any means, and regardless of whether or not payment is received.
Sellers agree to not include any form of their direct contact details in the Notes nor in the description fields accompanying the Notes, as listed on High School Notes. This includes, but is not limited to, email addresses, telephone numbers, and website links.
As a Seller, you may withdraw your Notes from High School Notes at anytime. However, removing your Notes from High School Notes will not prevent Buyers who have previously purchased your Notes from access to those notes via the Buyer’s dashboard page on High School Notes. Withdrawn Notes will not otherwise be accessible via High School Notes.
High School Notes collects 30% commission on each and every individual sale of the Notes. Each commission is collected by High School Notes immediately upon receipt of payment by the Buyer.
At its discretion, High School Notes may issue discount codes to the public for the purposes of encouraging additional purchases of Notes from High School Notes. Sellers agree that on transactions where these discount codes are available and used by Buyers, Sellers will be required to accept the reduced post-discount sale price paid by the Buyer, rather than the price the Seller would have expected to receive had a discount code not been used. The maximum discount code issued will be 30%.
The Seller agrees that when a refund is required for a transaction involving their Notes, the sale is reversed and no funds are due to the Seller. (see High School Notes - Terms for Purchasing Notes (Buyers): Refund Policy for more information).
High School Notes distributes funds using the Stripe Connect platform. Before any funds can be transferred sellers will need to connect their Australian bank account through Stripe Connect, which may require successful completion of an identification verification or other security check. High School Notes cannot distribute funds until the seller has completed the Stripe Connect onboarding process.
Sellers may request their total available funds balance be transferred to an Australian bank account of their choosing anytime after 4 days from the date of sale. High School Notes will transfer the full amount (less commission and any refunds) within 14 days from the request date. At any time, Sellers can see the total sales made, past balance transfers and current available balances under the Sales page on High School Notes.
High School Notes will accept payment for Notes via a secure payment gateway. Immediately after a successful payment is received, the Notes purchased will be available for the Buyer to download via the Buyer’s My Activity page on High School Notes. The Notes will remain available for download under the My Activity page, until the Buyer terminates their membership with High School Notes.
The Buyer shall not duplicate, disseminate or publicly display any Notes purchased via High School Notes. Individual duplicates (e.g. copies and printouts of the Notes), may only be made for private individual, personal use, and on the terms outlined in section 40 of the Copyright Act – Fair dealing for purpose of research or study.
The Buyer acknowledges and agrees that it will not hold High School Notes liable for any consequences arising out of defects in the content or accuracy of the Notes, including representations made in connection with the Notes, whether in relation to intellectual property rights, ownership, or otherwise.
High School Notes is not liable for any loss of money, reputation, or special, indirect or consequential damages or effects arising directly or indirectly out of your use of the Notes. The Seller bears all responsibility and liability in that regard.
High School Notes is merely a trading platform, and excludes all liability in relation to the Notes to the furthest extent as permitted by law.
If the Buyer is not happy with the quality of the Notes purchased, they can make a written refund request, via hello@highschoolnotes.com.au, stating and providing specific examples of evidence, within 2 days of purchasing the Notes.
High School Notes will endeavour to refund the purchase amount paid for the Notes to the Buyer’s credit card within 4 business days only if the case qualifies for a refund.
High School Notes may not provide a refund if:
(This policy does not make a “magic loophole” for ripping off fellow students by getting piles of free high quality Notes. If we believe you are fraudulently claiming multiple refunds unrelated to their quality... we just tell you to GTFO. That is not a legal term).
If you believe any Notes listed on High School Notes may infringe your intellectual property rights (including copyright) please notify High School Notes in writing via hello@highschoolnotes.com.au, and provide details including the Note’s document title, associated university, associated subject code and the document-specific url, the subject of the allegation, the grounds for the potential infringement and your contact details (Notice). Acknowledgement of receipt of your Notice will be sent to you within 48 hours.
In any case of dispute, where there appears to be a valid claim of dispute, High School Notes will take no part in any legal proceedings and will not act in any way as an arbitrator as to the legal merits. Such disputes will be a matter for the respective claimants to determine between themselves with or without recourse to the legal system
High School Notes will review your Notice and if it believes necessary, remove the allegedly infringing Notes from High School Notes. High School Notes reserves the right to refuse to take down Notes if it is unable to satisfy itself that there is or is likely to be an intellectual property infringement in connection with the Notes. High School Notes’s objective in operating High School Notes is to assist and encourage students with their studies, and operate a fair and efficient trading platform for educational aids and materials.
High School Notes will communicate the Notice to the Seller as soon as reasonably possible after receiving a Notice:
Any decision by High School Notes to remove any Notes is a preventative measure only, and should not be taken as an admission by High School Notes that any claim for infringement would be upheld by an Australian Court. High School Notes expressly reserves the right to challenge any infringement claim made in any Notice, and/or assist any Seller in any such claim, if it so chooses, but bears no obligation to do so.
The Notes will only be removed from High School Notes by High School Notes if High School Notes believes there are reasonable grounds for doing so. High School Notes does not bear any liability in relation to any losses or damages suffered by a Seller as a result of the removal of the Notes after receipt of a Notice. The issuer of the Notice will be liable for any losses or damages suffered by a Seller as a result of a wrongful removal of the Notes from High School Notes.
A ‘wrongful removal’ of Notes includes but is not limited to a Court judgment finding the Notes do not constitute an intellectual property infringement, and/or a formal written legal opinion by an intellectual property lawyer that the Notes do not constitute an infringement.