Terms And Conditions

Terms of use

1. Introduction

The following terms and conditions are for use of the ‘gramophone.net’ website (the Site) which is owned by Haymarket Media Group (Haymarket). You may access the Site in several ways, including but not limited to the World Wide Web, PDA, mobile phone and RSS feeds. These terms and conditions apply whenever you access the Site, on whatever device. By using the Site you are deemed to have accepted these conditions.

2. Permitted Use

Subject to what is said below material from the Site may be downloaded, viewed, listened to (where appropriate), printed, copied on the hard disk of your computer (but not photocopied) and used for your own personal, non-commercial purposes as a personal information resource in good faith ONLY. Any other type of use requires the prior written agreement of Haymarket.

You agree that you will not use the Site:

1. for the posting, uploading, emailing or other transmission of any material, the publication, dissemination, use or possession of which infringes the rights of any person or which is unlawful in any other respect;
2. in any way which is abusive, defamatory or obscene or which will harass, distress or inconvenience any person or which might restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of the Site by any person;
3. the posting, uploading, emailing or other transmission of any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation or commercial exploitation;
4. for the posting, uploading, emailing or other transmission of any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, restrict, destroy, limit the functionality of or compromise the integrity of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
5. to create a database (electronic or otherwise) that includes material downloaded or otherwise obtained from the Site;
6. to transmit or re-circulate any material obtained from the Site to any third party;
7. in such a way so as to remove the copyright or trade mark notice(s) from any copies of any material made in accordance with these terms; or
8. in any way that might bring Haymarket into disrepute.

3. Registration

This Clause shall apply where you register with Haymarket in order to receive any newsletters by email or by any other means ("the Newsletters") or you subscribe to receive copies of magazines or other publications by email, on-line download via a web browser or post ("the Publications").

1. You agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as requested by Haymarket in the registration or subscription form ("the Registration Information").
2. You agree to maintain and promptly update the Registration Information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.
3. You agree to keep the password for your access to ‘gramophone.net’ confidential and agree not to permit anyone else to have access to it. Furthermore you agree to be fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password.
4. You agree to immediately notify Haymarket of any unauthorised use of your password.
5. These terms shall apply in relation to your use of the Newsletters and the Publications in the same manner in which they apply to your use of the Site. Without affecting the generality of the foregoing, Clauses 1.1 and 1.2 above and Clauses 4 and 5 below shall also apply as if the words "the Site" were replaced by "the Newsletters and the Publications".

4. Removal of material and cancellation of access to the Site

I. This Clause shall apply where you register with Haymarket in order to receive any newsletters by email or by any other means ("the Newsletters") or you subscribe to receive copies of magazines or other publications by email, on-line download via a web browser or post ("the Publications").

1. Haymarket shall have the right to cancel your registration and/or refuse you access to the Site at any time and for any reason without giving you any advance notice and Haymarket shall not be liable for any losses or damages whatsoever (other than losses or damages for death or physical injury arising out of the negligence of Haymarket or its employees) arising from your inability to access any of the pages on the Site.
2. Haymarket shall have the right at any time and for any reason to remove from the pages on the Site any material posted, uploaded, emailed or otherwise transmitted by you without giving you any advance notice and Haymarket shall not be liable for any losses or damages whatsoever (other than losses or damages for death or physical injury arising out of the negligence of Haymarket or its employees) arising from the removal of such material.
3. Haymarket will not view or edit or pre-screen any contribution that you or anyone else make to the interactive pages of the Site and therefore, unless Haymarket is specifically notified of the nature of any item of content, you cannot assume that they are responsible for having made it available on the Site. Haymarket shall have the right (but not the obligation) to refuse or remove any content that is posted to, or made available on, the forums or the website without the need to give any reasons for doing so.
4. If you object to the publication of any material placed on the Site please let Haymarket know by calling +44 (0) 208 267 4320 or +44 (0) 208 267 8190 or by sending an appropriately worded email to gramophone@haymarket.com and they will take whatever action they deem appropriate.

5. Rights Clearances

The copyright, and other rights, in some of the material appearing on the Site may belong to a third party. It is your responsibility to obtain any licences or permissions that may be required to use such material and you agree to pay any costs or expenses incurred by Haymarket which arise as a result of your failure to obtain such licences and permissions.You are not permitted to use or cause or authorise any third party to use any copyright protected materials (including but not limited to literary or photographic works) whether such use be in hard copy or electronic form without expressly obtaining permission to do so from the copyright holder.

6. Submitting Content

You may submit material for publication on parts of the Site, including user reviews and forums. We accept no liability in respect of any material submitted by users and published by us and we are not responsible for its content and accuracy. If you want to submit material to Haymarket for publication on the Site, you may do so on the following terms and conditions:

1. Haymarket may publish and make available to the public by any means any material that you submit, post, upload, email or otherwise transmit to them or to the Site at their sole discretion and they shall be entitled to make additions or deletions to any such material prior to publication.
2. You hereby grant Haymarket a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual and worldwide licence to republish any material you submit, post, upload, email or otherwise transmit to them or to the Site in any format, including without limitation print and electronic format.
3. You hereby waive all of the moral rights that you have under Chapter IV of the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 in respect of any material you submit, post, upload, email or otherwise transmit to Haymarket or to the Site.
4. Publication of any material you submit to us will be at Haymarket's sole discretion. Haymarket reserves the right to make additions or deletions to the text or graphics prior to publication, or to refuse publication.
5. You warrant to Haymarket that any material you submit to the Site is your own original work and that you own the copyright and any other relevant rights.
6. You warrant that the material you submit and the language that you use is not obscene, abusive, hateful, offensive and/or defamatory of any person or otherwise illegal.
7. You agree not to post material which is deliberately intended to upset other users, to breach confidence, to compromise privacy or to process personal data in an unauthorised manner.
8. You agree not to post material which may encourage criminal conduct or which may give rise to civil liability, or which is otherwise unlawful.