Terms of Use

Capra Course

Capra Course is a series of twelve (12) pre-recorded online lectures related to the book The Systems View of Life by Fritjof Capra and Pier Luigi Luisi (“the Lectures”) and related educational materials including 1) two-page lecture summaries referencing corresponding sections in The Systems View of Life; 2) links to videos relevant to specific Lectures; 3) hosted forum where Participants can post comments and otherwise interact with each other;

All content or other material available on the Website or through the Online Courses, including but not limited to on-line lectures, presentation materials, and other images, text, layouts, arrangements, displays, illustrations, documents, materials, audio and video clips, HTML and files are the property of Fritjof Capra and/or his affiliates or licensors and are protected by copyright, patent and/or other proprietary intellectual property rights under United States and foreign law.

Except as otherwise expressly permitted in these Terms of Use, you may not copy, sell, display, reproduce, publish, modify, create derivative works from, transfer, distribute or otherwise commercially exploit in any manner Capra Course or any Content.

Eligibility

You must be a minimum age of 13 to register on and use the Forum. By registering and using the Forum you warrant that you are 13 or older and understand your obligations under these Terms & Conditions.

Your acceptance of terms

By accessing and/or using Capra Course, you agree to these Terms of Use:

We reserve the right to change or modify these Terms of Use at our sole discretion at any time. Any change or modification to these Terms of Use will be effective immediately upon posting the new terms of use on the website and in the forums. We will take reasonable steps to notify you of any changes or modifications to these Terms of Use, but you are responsible for periodically reviewing the most up-to-date version of these Terms of Use.

Your continued use of the Website constitutes acceptance of any changes or modification made by us to these Terms of Use.

User accounts and user registration

To access Capra Course you must select a login identification ("User ID") and a user password ("User Password") that is unique and entirely different from your User ID (collectively, a "User Account”). You agree not to share your User Account with other people.

In setting up your User Account, you may be prompted or required to enter additional information, including but not limited to your name and email address. Additional information may be required to confirm your identity. You understand and agree that all information provided by you is accurate, current and complete and that you will maintain and update your information to keep it accurate, current and complete.

Access to lecture videos

You will have online access to the lecture videos for five weeks after the final Capra Course lecture is released.

Confidentiality

The information you provide Capra Course about yourself will remain confidential and will not be shared with any third party for any reason.

User conduct policy

The forums on Capra Course have been created to encourage discussions based around the wide-ranging issues related to The Systems View of Life. We expect all posts to be respectful in nature and not to cause offense. In the case where the moderators of the forum determine that a post is offensive, that post will be removed. The following rules apply to posting in the forum:

You may not post content:

  • that is obscene, fraudulent, indecent, or libelous or that defames, abuses, harasses, discriminates against or threatens others;
  • that you do not have the right to disclose or make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as insider information, or proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
  • that infringes the copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity, or other intellectual property or proprietary right of any third party;
  • that violates the rights of other Users of the Website; or
  • that violates any applicable local, state, national or international law or otherwise advocates or encourages any illegal activity.

Content which may be shared

You are free to share outside of Capra Course the written descriptions of the lectures, and all other supplementary materials apart from the film Mindwalk (Lecture 1), the interview with Lynn Margulis (Lecture 2), and the conversation with Pier Luigi Luisi (Lecture 4). Please note that some of the supplementary materials consist of videos hosted on Youtube, Vimeo and other third party hosting sites, and you must comply with their terms and conditions for sharing.

Refunds

You can request a refund up to ten working days after confirmation that your purchase has been completed, provided the course has not started (Saturdays, Sundays or public holidays are not counted as “working days”). Any request for withdrawal after ten days following purchase, or once the course has started, if approved, will receive a credit note which can be used towards paying for entry to a future Capra Course. This will only be offered in the first three weeks of the course.

In cases where a refund is given, 20% of the course fee will be charged as an administration fee. Please note that this is due to the costs associated with using PayPal which are incurred by Capra Course.