Terms & Conditions

The Voice Media Group welcomes you to Voice Online, our digital information network. These are our terms and conditions for use of the network, which you may access in several ways, including but not limited to the World Wide Web, digital television, PDA, mobile phone and RSS feeds. These terms and conditions apply whenever you access the network, on whatever device. In these terms and conditions, when we say Voice Online, we mean this network, regardless of how you access it.

By using the network, you are deemed to have accepted these conditions.

Some areas of Voice Online require registration. By completing the initial registration form and by entering your email address and password, you will be deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions. Also, by subscribing to any of our email services, you are deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions.

If you have registered with us and subsequently change your details, you should immediately notify us of any changes by emailing the user support team at [email protected]. Any changes we make to the terms and conditions will be reflected on this page.

1. Use of material appearing on Voice Online

For the purposes of this agreement, “material” means material including, without limitation, text, video, graphics and sound material, published on the Voice Online network, whether copyright of The Voice Media Group or a third party. You may download and print extracts from the material and make copies of these for your own personal and non-commercial use only. You are not allowed to download or print the material, or extracts from it, in a systematic or regular manner or otherwise so as to create a database in electronic or paper form comprising all or part of the material appearing on Voice Online. You must not reproduce any part of Voice Online or the material or transmit it to or store it in any other website or disseminate any part of the material in any other form, unless we have indicated that you may do so. We may be prepared to allow you to distribute or reproduce other parts of Voice Online or the material in certain circumstances. Please email us at [email protected] if you wish to apply for permission to do so.

2. Disclaimer of liability

To the extent permitted at law, we do not accept any responsibility for any statement in the material including any material which is regarded as being defamatory, obscene or offensive. You must not rely on any statement we have published on Voice Online without first taking specialist professional advice. Nothing in the material is provided for any specific purpose or at the request of any particular person. In the event of any such liability we shall only be liable to you for any loss or damage arising from your use of Voice Online which is a reasonably foreseeable consequence or a breach by us of these terms and conditions. We will also not be liable to you for any damages in excess of £30, or if higher, the amount of any fees you have paid us for access to Voice Online. For the avoidance of confusion, we will not be liable for any loss caused as a result of your doing, or not doing, anything as a result of viewing, reading or listening to the material or any part of it (except for death or personal injury attributable to our negligence and to the extent permitted at law). You can access other sites via links from Voice Online. These sites are not under our control and we are not responsible in any way for any of their contents. We give no warranties of any kind concerning Voice Online or the material. In particular, we do not warrant that Voice Online or any of its contents is virus free. You must take your own precautions in this respect as we accept no responsibility for any infection by virus or other contamination or by anything which has destructive properties.

3. Third party material on Voice Online

You will see advertising material submitted by third parties on Voice Online. Individual advertisers are solely responsible for the content of advertising material which they submit to us, including ensuring that it complies with relevant legislation. We accept no responsibility for the content of advertising material, including, without limitation, any error, omission or inaccuracy therein. If you want to advertise on Voice Online, please email our advertising sales team at [email protected]

4. Submitting graphical material and photography for publication on Voice Online

When you send a photograph or other graphical material to us you do so in accordance with these Terms of service. This means that you hereby agree that you have taken the photograph(s) you have sent to us or you have permission from or are authorised by the owner of the photograph(s) to send it (them) to us, and you are granting us a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to publish or otherwise use the photograph(s) in any way and at any time we want on the Voice Online web site. Selected photographs and graphical material will be published at the discretion of the editor and you will not be paid, even if your photograph(s) is (are) published. We may cut, edit, crop or arrange your photograph(s) or graphic as we think fit to appear on the Voice Online web site, and we may remove your photograph(s) or graphics at any time. Your name will be published alongside your photograph(s) or graphic, but we may edit or delete any comments which you submit along with your photograph(s) or graphic. IMPORTANT: You or the owner of the photograph(s) still own the copyright in the photograph(s) sent to us and are free to republish the photograph(s) wherever you or the owner wish and in whatever medium you or the owner want.

5. Submitting text for publication on Voice Online

For the avoidance of doubt we accept no responsibility for any defamatory, offensive, infringing, obscene, indecent or other unlawful or objectionable material or information published on Voice Online. If you want to submit material to us for publication on Voice Online, you may do so on the following terms and conditions:

(i) publication of any material you submit to us will be at our sole discretion. We reserve the right to make additions or deletions to the text or graphics prior to publication, or to refuse publication

(ii) you grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide licence to republish any material you submit to us in any format, including without limitation print and electronic format

(iii) you warrant to us that any material you submit to us is your own original work and that you own the copyright and any other relevant rights (iv) you warrant that the material you submit is not obscene, offensive, defamatory of any person or otherwise illegal

(v) you agree not to post material which is deliberately intended to upset other users

(vi) you agree to indemnify and hold us and any of our officers, employees and agents harmless from and against all and any expenses, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses incurred or suffered and any claims or legal proceedings which are brought or threatened, in each case arising from your use of, or conduct on Voice Online and/or breach of any warranties and/ or terms and conditions of Voice Online.

(vii) you agree to indemnify and hold us and any of our officers, employees and agents harmless from and against all and any expenses, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses incurred or suffered and any claims or legal proceedings which are brought or threatened, in each case arising from your use of, or conduct on Voice Online and/or breach of any warranties and/ or terms and conditions of Voice Online.

6. Variations

These terms may be varied from time to time. Please ensure that you review these terms and conditions regularly as you will be deemed to have accepted a variation if you continue to use the site after it has been posted. Details of variations will be posted.

7. Force majeure

Although we will do our best to provide constant, uninterrupted access to Voice Online, we do not guarantee this. We accept no responsibility or liability for any interruption or delay.

8. Governing Law & Jurisdiction

This agreement is governed by English law and the parties agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

When you register, you are registering as a personal user of Voice Online. Access to registration areas is via your email address and password. We allow you access to the registration areas of the site on the basis that:

(i) your email address and password are personal to you and may not be used by anyone else to access Voice Online

(ii) you will not do anything which would assist anyone who is not a registered user to gain access to any registration area of Voice Online

(iii) you do not maliciously create additional registration accounts for the purpose of abusing the functionality of the site, or other users; nor do you seek to pass yourself off as another user

(iv) you are agreeing to abide and be bound by these terms and conditions.

If, for any reason, we believe that you have not complied with these requirements, we may, at our discretion, cancel your access to the registration areas of Voice Online immediately and without giving you any advance notice.

9. Termination of registration

If we wish to bring the agreement to an end, we will do so by emailing you at the address you have registered stating that the agreement has terminated. The agreement will terminate and your email address and password will become invalid on Voice Online immediately.


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