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Griots Arts Services, Griots Productions,
and Griots.net Web Site
Necessary Terms and Conditions of Use and Restrictions in this imperfect
world.
ATTENTION: Please read these terms
carefully before using Griots.net web site. By using Griots.net web site,
you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do
not agree with these Terms and Conditions, do not use Griots.net web site.
If you have any questions you can contact us at +44 (0)870 4460047 or
email us at info@griots.net.
Rules
Use
of Griots.net Web Site
Use of Content/Refunds and Reseller Info
Web Site Visitor Submissions
Chat Rooms and Other User Forums
Links to Third-Party Websites
Linking to Griots.net web site
Guidelines for
Linking to Griots.net Web Site
Trademarks
Procedure for Making Claims
of Copyright Infringement
General Information
Disclaimers
Limitation of Liability
Rules
Whereas we (founders of Griots Arts Services, Griots Productions, and
Griots.net web site) believe in the principles of social equality and
respect for the individual within a community, Griots Productions work
and all content included in Griots.net programming abides by the principles
embraced by community broadcasters and independent media/cultural workers
around the globe. We are members of UK-based Community Media Association,
Commedia (http://www.commedia.org.uk)
which stated mission is "to enable people to establish and develop community
based communications media for community development and empowerment,
cultural expression, information and entertainment." We support racial,
gender, sexual-orientation, age and ethnic diversity among artists, audience,
and others involved in or featured on Griots.net web site. The reality
of the world in which we live require that we publish these Terms and
Conditions for the protection of the Artists and Visitors who use Griots.net
web site as much as for ourselves.
Use of Griots.net Web Site
Griots Arts Services authorizes you to view and download
the materials at Griots.net web site only for your personal, non-commercial
use. You must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained
in the materials on any copies of the materials. You may not modify the
materials at Griots.net web site in any way or reproduce or publicly display,
perform, or distribute or otherwise use them for any public or commercial
purpose. The materials at Griots.net web site are copyrighted and any
unauthorized use of any materials may violate copyright, trademark, and
other laws. If you breach any of these Terms, your authorization to use
Griots.net web site automatically ends and you must immediately destroy
any downloaded or printed materials.
Use of Content or Software
Any content or software that is made available to download
from Griots.net web site is the copyrighted work of Griots Productions
and/or its partners or suppliers. REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION OF GRIOTS.NET
WEB SITE CONTENT OR SOFTWARE IS PROHIBITED EXCEPT AS STATED BY Griots
Productions. To access any content or products at Griots.net for syndicated
use, please contact Griots Productions at admin@griots.net.
Reseller and Refund Info
Griots Productions sometimes acts as an reseller for other organizations.
Please note that booking and administration fees are non-refundable. As
a reseller, we forward all queries regarding the other organizations'
products and services directly to their offices. With regards to event
tickets and registrations, we regret that we cannot exchange, refund or
transfer tickets or registrations unless the event in question has been
cancelled or rescheduled, and we have clear instructions from the organization
on who's behalf we are acting. Where refunds are possible, we will try
to refund the customer within 30 days from the cancellation date. Griots
Productions will issue a full refund less booking fee on the credit or
debit card used at the time of booking depending on the refund policy
of the organization on who's behalf we are acting as reseller. Note: Anyone linking to Griots.net's website
must comply with the Guidelines for Linking to Griots.net's Websites and
all applicable laws.
A site that links to Griots.net's website:
- May link to but not replicate Griots.net
content
- Should not create a browser or border
environment around Griots.net content
- Should not imply that Griots.net is
endorsing it or its products
- Should not misrepresent its relationship
with Griots.net
- Should not present false information
about Griots Productions or Griots.net products or services
- Should not use the Griots.net logo
without permission from Griots Arts Services and Griots Productions
- Should not contain content that could
be construed as distasteful, offensive, racist, homophobic, sexist,
or abusive
Trademarks
Product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or service
marks of their respective owners.
Procedure for Making Claims
of Copyright Infringement
In case of any copyright infringement, please contact
us at admin@griots.net
General Information
Griots Arts Services administers Griots.net web site
from its offices within the borders of Powys, United Kingdom. Griots Arts
Services makes no representation that materials or services at Griots.net
web site are appropriate or available for use outside the United Kingdom,
and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is
prohibited. You may not use or export or re-export the materials or services
at Griots.net web site or any copy or adaptation in violation of any applicable
laws or regulations including without limitation United Kingdom and U.S.
export laws and regulations. If you choose to access Griots.net web site
from outside the United Kingdom, you do so on your own initiative and
are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. These Terms
will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England
and by using Griots.net web site you submit to the exclusive jurisdiction
of the English courts.
We may revise these Terms at any time by updating this
posting. You should visit this page from time to time to review the then-current
Terms because they are binding on you. Certain provisions of these Terms
may be superseded by expressly designated legal notices or terms located
on particular pages at Griots.net web site.
Disclaimers
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The materials (including all content
or software) and services at Griots.net web site are provided "as
is" without warranties of any kind. All representations, warranties,
conditions and other terms which may be implied into these terms by
law (including without limitation those of satisfactory quality) are
hereby excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Griots Arts Services' obligations with respect to its products and
services are governed solely by the agreements under which they are
provided and nothing on Griots.net web site should be construed to
alter such agreements.
Griots.net further does not warrant the accuracy and completeness
of the materials, software or services at Griots.net web site.
Griots.net may make changes to the materials and services at Griots.net
web site, or to the products and prices described in them, at any
time without notice.The materials and services at Griots.net web site
may be out of date, and Griots.net makes no commitment to update the
materials and services at Griots.net web site.
Information published at Griots.net web site may refer to products,
programs or services that are not available in your country. Consult
your local businesses for information regarding the products, programs
and services that may be available to you. Applicable law may not
allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so this exclusion may not
apply to you.
Limitation
of Liability
Nothing in these Terms and Conditions
shall exclude or limit Griots Arts Services’ liability for (i)
death or personal injury arising as a result of its negligence, (ii)
fraud, or (iii) any other liability which by applicable law may not
be excluded or limited.
In no event will Griots Arts Services or any of its Associated Companies,
their suppliers, or other third parties mentioned at Griots.net web
site be under any Liability for any loss or damages whatsoever, including
without limitation loss of actual or anticipated profits, loss of
goodwill, loss of revenue or the use of money, loss of contracts,
loss of anticipated savings, loss of data or business interruption,
damages relating to the procurement of substitute goods and services,
any special, indirect or consequential loss (whether or not such loss
or damage is foreseeable, known, foreseen or otherwise), arising out
of: any use of, or inability to use, (i) Griots.net web site and/or
(ii) the results of any use of Griots.net web site, (iii) any websites
linked to Griots.net web site, or (iv) the materials or information
or services contained at Griots.net web site and any or all other
such sites.
Griots Arts Services does not exclude (but for the avoidance of doubt
does limit) Liability for any fundamental misrepresentation, including
any misrepresentation as to a matter fundamental to its ability to
perform its obligations under this Agreement, on the part of Griots
Arts Services.
In these terms “Liability” means liability in or for breach
of contract, Breach of Duty (including negligence), misrepresentation,
restitution or any other cause of action whatsoever relating to or
arising under or in connection with the entering into, performance,
non-performance or wrongful performance of this Agreement, including
liability expressly provided for under this Agreement or arising by
reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of any term of this Agreement
(and for the purposes of this definition, all references to “this
Agreement” shall be deemed to include any collateral contract).
In these terms “Breach of Duty” means the breach of any
(i) obligation arising from the express or implied terms of a contract
to take reasonable care or exercise reasonable skill in the performance
of the contract or (ii) common law duty to take reasonable care or
exercise reasonable skill (but not any stricter duty).
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