Terms of Use

This page sets out the ‘Terms of Use’ governing your use of this website, which is a service provided by Rock & Art—Cultural Outreach LTD (‘Rock & Art’), a registered company in England and Wales (15092201), offering information services and content from Rock & Art and third parties.

Rock & Art owns and manages this website, along with Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages; LinkedIn and YouTube channels; as well as newsletters and other content distributed via email (together referred to as the ‘Sites’).

These Terms of Use constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Rock & Art. Your use of or access to the Sites signifies your acceptance of these Terms of Use. By accessing the Sites, you are agreeing to this Agreement.

As a fundamental condition of use, you confirm that any information you provide to Rock & Art is accurate and complete. Using the Sites, you confirm that you are at least 16 years old or have obtained legal parental or guardian consent.

You acknowledge that using the Sites may expose you to content that challenges your beliefs or offends you. Your recourse is to discontinue your access to avoid such content.

Your usage of the Sites and associated products and services, irrespective of the medium, is governed by the terms, conditions, and disclaimers outlined below, our Privacy Policy, and all applicable laws and regulations. Additionally, Rock & Art reserves the right to terminate access to the Sites for any reason and to take any other actions that Rock & Art, at its sole discretion, deems necessary for the benefit of the organisation and its users. Rock & Art reserves the right to amend these disclaimers, terms, and access conditions without prior notice.

Please note that our Sites are continuously evolving. Consequently, this Agreement may be subject to ongoing modifications and updates. We recommend checking this page regularly.

Access

Access to the Sites is free and does not establish a professional services relationship or any other relationship with Rock & Art. The Sites are intended solely for personal, non-commercial use.

You are prohibited from developing or deriving for commercial purposes any data in machine-readable or other formats that incorporate or utilise any substantial portion of the Sites without prior permission from Rock & Art. Specifically, unless explicitly authorised in these Terms of Use or by the materials’ owner, you may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, translate, sell, create derivative works, exploit, or distribute any material from the Sites in any manner or medium.

Your Conduct

You must not:

1. Use the Sites in violation of any applicable laws or regulations.
2. Use the Sites to:

• Transmit (or authorise the transmission of) ‘junk mail’, ‘chain letters’, unsolicited emails, instant messaging, ‘spimming’, or ‘spamming’.
• Impersonate any individual or entity.
• Solicit money, passwords, or personal information from any individual.
• Harm, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten, or otherwise offend others.
• Engage in any unlawful activities.

3. Use the Sites to upload, post, transmit, or otherwise make available (or attempt to upload, post, transmit, or otherwise make available) any Material that:

• Is not your original work or which violates or infringes another person’s intellectual property or other rights.
• Contains, promotes, or provides information about unlawful activities or conduct.
• Is defamatory, obscene, offensive, threatening, abusive, pornographic, vulgar, profane, indecent, or otherwise unlawful.
• Exploits another person.
• Contains nudity, excessive violence, or sexual acts or references.
• Includes an image or personal information of another person without their consent.
• Poses a privacy or security risk to any person.
• You know or suspect to be false, misleading, or deceptive.
• Contains large amounts of untargeted, unwanted, or repetitive content.
• Contains viruses or other harmful computer codes, files, or programs.
• Advertises promotes or solicits any goods, services or commercial activities unless expressly permitted by us.
• Provides financial, legal, medical, or other professional advice.

4. Interfere with, disrupt, or excessively burden the Sites.
5. Use any robot or other device or process to retrieve, reproduce, modify, or circumvent the Sites’ navigational structure, security, or presentation.
6. Use the Sites with the assistance of any automated scripting tool or software.
7. Frame or mirror any part of the Sites without our prior written authorisation.
8. Use code or devices containing any reference to the Sites to direct others to any other web page.
9. You may not modify, adapt, sublicense, translate, sell, reverse-engineer, decipher, decompile, or otherwise disassemble any portion of the Sites or cause any other person to do so, except to the extent permitted by law.
10. Delete any attributions or legal or proprietary notices on the Sites.

Your Material

By uploading, transmitting, posting, or otherwise making available any Material via the Sites, you:

• Grant us a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual licence to use, reproduce, edit, and exploit the Material in any form and for any purpose.
• Unless expressly stated otherwise, also grant each user of the Sites a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual licence to use, reproduce, edit, and exploit the Material in any form for any purpose, subject to the Terms of Use.
• Warrant that you have the right to grant the above-mentioned licences.
• Warrant that the Material does not breach the Terms of Use.

We reserve the right (but are not obligated) to:

• We may review, modify, reformat, reject, or remove any Material that you upload, post, transmit, or otherwise make available if, in our opinion, it violates the Terms of Use or has the potential to harm, endanger, or violate the rights of any person.

We are not responsible for and accept no liability regarding any Material uploaded, posted, transmitted, or otherwise made available on the Sites by any person other than us. We do not endorse any opinion, advice, or statement made by any person other than us.

Intellectual Property

The Rock & Art website, the Sites, and all other text and images contained on the Sites and in Rock & Art’s products are protected by copyright, trademark, and other applicable laws, and are the property of Rock & Art, unless otherwise indicated.

All copyrights and trademarks not owned by Rock & Art that are used or referred to on the Sites and in Rock & Art’s products are the property of their respective owners. Nothing contained in the Sites or other products shall be construed as granting any licence or other rights to any copyright, trademark, patent, or other property of Rock & Art or any third party.

Unauthorized use of materials on the Sites or other products may violate the law due to their proprietary nature.

Rock & Art’s products, including third-party and licensed materials on the Sites, may not be modified, reproduced, republished, retransmitted, or displayed except for personal use. Any commercial or public use requires specific permission from Rock & Art.

In particular, you may not use any Material on the Sites to establish, maintain, or provide, or assist in establishing, maintaining, or providing, your own publications, internet site, or other means of distribution.

Copyright Infringement Claims

Rock & Art respects the intellectual property of others and expects our users to do the same. You may not upload, embed, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any material that infringes any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or other proprietary rights of any person or entity. Rock & Art has the right to prohibit infringers from using our Sites.

If you believe your work has been copied and posted on or through the Sites in a manner that constitutes copyright infringement, please email hello@rockandart.co.uk

Content and Non-Endorsement

Opinions and other statements expressed by users and third parties are theirs alone, not those of Rock & Art. Content created by third parties is their sole responsibility, and its accuracy and completeness are not endorsed or guaranteed. Rock & Art and third parties may provide links to web pages, websites, and various resources or locations on the web. Rock & Art has no control over the information accessed via such links, does not endorse that information, and shall not be responsible for it or for the consequences of your use of that information.

Use of RSS Feeds

Individuals may use RSS Feeds (‘Feeds’) free of charge for personal, non-commercial use only. Rock & Art reserves the right to disable, change, or cease distribution of Feeds at any time, and may require individuals to cease all use of the Feeds at any time for any reason.

Limitation of Liability

Unless expressly stated otherwise, material on the Sites is provided for general information only and must not be relied upon as advice. You should conduct your own enquiries and seek independent advice tailored to your specific circumstances before making any decisions.

Rock & Art has endeavoured to ensure the accuracy of the information provided through the Sites. However, this information often relies on data obtained from numerous sources, and we do not guarantee that any Material on the Sites will be reliable, accurate, or complete, nor do we accept any responsibility for errors or omissions.

YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THE USE OF ROCK & ART’S PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, INCLUDING THE SITES, IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. SUCH PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ‘AS IS’, AND ROCK & ART MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, AND DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. ROCK & ART DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE. NO ADVICE, OPINION, OR OTHER INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITES OR FROM ROCK & ART, ORALLY OR IN ANY MEDIA, SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT.

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE STATED, ROCK & ART MAKES NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION REGARDING THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF ANY COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TRANSMITTED ON THESE SITES OR ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO THE SITES. YOU AGREE THAT NEITHER ROCK & ART, NOR ANY OTHER PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES RELATED TO THE SITES, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF ANY INFORMATION, AND NEITHER ROCK & ART NOR ANY OTHER PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES RELATED TO THE SITES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM DISCLOSURE OF SUCH INFORMATION.

ROCK & ART AND ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONSULTANTS, AGENTS, AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR OTHER DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS OR LEGAL FEES, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, NEGLIGENCE, OR STRICT LIABILITY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ROCK & ART WAS INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

IN JURISDICTIONS THAT DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF DAMAGES, ROCK & ART’S LIABILITY, AND THAT OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OR PARENTS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, BUSINESS PARTNERS, INFORMATION PROVIDERS, AND LICENSORS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HEIRS AND ASSIGNS, IS LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY SUCH JURISDICTIONS’ LAWS.

Rock & Art assumes no responsibility or liability for the content of the Sites or for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger, or inaccuracy contained in any information within the Sites or accessed through the Sites.

Rock & Art also does not warrant that the functions or informational materials contained in or accessed or downloaded through our Sites are free of computer viruses or other harmful components. Additionally, although we make a good-faith effort to periodically update the content of our Sites, we have no obligation to update information contained on our Sites, and we will not be liable for any failure to update such information.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold Rock & Art, its affiliates, licensors, suppliers, and sponsors, as well as its directors, officers, employees, consultants, agents, and other representatives, harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, costs (including reasonable legal fees), and other expenses that arise directly or indirectly from (a) your breach of this Agreement, including any violation of the Terms of Use; (b) any allegation that any User Submissions infringe or otherwise violate the copyright, trademark, trade secret, or other intellectual property or other rights of any third party; and/or (c) your activities in connection with the Sites.

Applicable Law

If you initiate any legal action against Rock & Art based on its products or services, including the Sites, you agree that, if you do not prevail or if Rock & Art prevails, you will reimburse Rock & Art for any costs and legal fees associated with defending the action.

The use of the Sites and any claim or dispute relating to the Sites shall be governed by the laws of the United Kingdom and Wales, without regard to its conflicts-of-law principles. Any claim shall be exclusively filed in the state and federal courts located in the United Kingdom and Wales. Use of the Sites is unauthorised in any jurisdiction that does not affect all provisions of these Terms of Service, including, without limitation, this paragraph.

Severability

If any provision or portion of these Terms of Use is held to be unenforceable for any reason, the remainder of that provision and of the entire agreement will remain in effect, to the fullest extent consistent with the intent of this document.