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Except as provided for under the Single Copy Licence
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TERMINATION OF THIS LICENSE: Vale Inco may terminate this license at any time for breach of the terms of this Agreement. Upon termination, you will immediately destroy the Materials.
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GENERAL: Vale Inco may revise these Terms at any time by updating this posting. You agree to access these Terms
and from time to time to review the then current Terms because they are binding. Certain provisions of these Terms may be superseded by expressly designated new
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Last Updated: November 29, 2007
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