Terms of Use

1.1 Terms of use

This website at www.screenrights.org is operated by Audio-Visual Copyright Society Limited trading as Screenrights ABN 76 003 912 310 (Screenrights). Use of this website is subject to these terms and any additional terms which appear on this website.

1.2 Accuracy

The material contained on this website which is supplied by third parties may contain material which is inaccurate or otherwise incorrect. Screenrights does not make any representations or warranties regarding its accuracy, satisfactory quality, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement of third parties’ rights. Screenrights is not liable for any damages, losses, costs or expenses resulting from any use or misuse of the information contained on this website.

1.3 Intellectual property

Screenrights owns or has licensed all copyright and other intellectual property in the content and design of this website. Any person may make a temporary copy of all or part of this website for the sole purpose of viewing it and print a copy for personal use. A person must not otherwise reproduce, adapt, store, transmit, print, display, publish or create derivative works from any part of the content or design of this website except with Screenrights’ prior written consent or as permitted by applicable copyright legislation.

1.4 Links

The Website may contain links to third party websites. Screenrights is not responsible for the condition or content of those websites. The links are provided solely for convenience and do not indicate, expressly or impliedly, any endorsement of the websites or the products or services provided in them.

1.5 Collection and use of information

Screenrights may make a record of visits and log visits for statistical and business purposes. Such information may include a person’s server address, domain name, IP address, the date and time of visit, pages accessed, documents downloaded, previous website visited and the type of browser used. If Screenrights requires a person to complete an electronic form on this website and in doing so it requires personal information to be entered, Screenrights will collect that information to allow it to respond. Screenrights will only use this information in accordance with its privacy policy available at www.screenrights.org/about-us/corporate/privacy-statement. This website may use “cookie” technology to assist in identifying registered users and delivering contents specific to users’ interests. Cookies are pieces of information stored on an individual’s computer and are used for customising website information to improve user experience and for tracking user navigation. If a user does not wish information to be gathered on a cookie it should disable the acceptance of cookies by its web browser. The user’s internet service provider may be able to assist with this.

1.6 Security

Screenrights makes no warranty in respect of the security measures on this website and is not responsible for any misuse, loss or unauthorised access, modification or disclosure of information provided to Screenrights.

2.1 Use and access

These terms apply to your use of and access to Screenrights’ Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn pages (Pages) and to your use and access to Screenrights’ Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn content that appears on this website. Use of the Screenrights’ Facebook Page is also governed by Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and any other Facebook terms of use (Facebook Terms). To the extent of any inconsistency between these terms and the Facebook Terms, the Facebook Terms prevail. Use of the Screenrights Twitter Page is also governed by Twitter’s Terms of Service and any other Twitter terms of use (Twitter Terms). To the extent of any inconsistency between these terms and the Twitter Terms, the Twitter Terms prevail. Use of the Screenrights LinkedIn Page is also governed by LinkedIn’s User Agreement and any other LinkedIn terms of use (LinkedIn Terms). To the extent of any inconsistency between these terms and the LinkedIn Terms, the LinkedIn Terms prevail.

2.2 Content

Content you post (which includes links and content integrated from another website) will be available to anyone who accesses these Pages, and you should consider this when posting information about yourself. You should not post content that you wish to remain confidential. While content posted on these Pages may be moderated by Screenrights, Screenrights is not responsible for checking any content. You must make your own enquiries as to the accuracy or completeness of any content posted on these Pages before relying on it. Views, comments, opinions, statements and other content posted on these Pages are not necessarily those of Screenrights. You must not post content on these Pages that: (a) is defamatory, obscene, indecent, threatening or offensive, a breach of confidentiality, discriminatory, misleading or deceptive or otherwise unlawful; (b) is a breach of intellectual property rights (content published on the internet is protected by the same copyright laws that apply to publication elsewhere and you are not allowed to copy or republish anything without the copyright owner’s permission); (c) invades the privacy of another person, including posting images or contact details of another person without that person’s consent; (d) promotes or advertises goods, services or a business or political agenda; (e) shows a disregard for the views of other users of these Pages; or (f) contains bad language, or includes inappropriate use of capital letters. You may report any concerns regarding misuse of these Pages, including a breach of these terms, by contacting us. Screenrights will endeavour to edit or remove any content that it considers is a breach of these terms, a misuse of these Pages or is otherwise inappropriate or objectionable. Screenrights may, if it considers it appropriate, suspend or ban you from using these Pages and, if it considers that your conduct is unlawful, inform your service provider, relevant authorities and any other relevant persons. By entering or posting any content on the Pages, you grant to Screenrights, a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive royalty free licence to use and reproduce the content as Screenrights sees fit. When you enter or post content on the Pages, in any format, you warrant that you have all necessary rights, including copyright, in that content.

3.1 Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Screenrights excludes all liability for loss, damage, cost or expense of any kind (however caused, including by negligence) relating to the use of or access to this website or the Pages and accepts no responsibility for the conduct of any user of or visitor to this website or the Pages, including for any content posted on this website or the Pages.

3.2 Miscellaneous

Screenrights may amend these terms by substituting amended terms on this website. Continued use of this website following those amendments constitutes acceptance of those amendments. The agreement between Screenrights and users of this website is governed by and must be construed in accordance with the laws of New South Wales, Australia. Each user unconditionally submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales, Australia.