Terms & Conditions

1 – ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS: This is a Website of Play4UK. Use by you of this Website is subject to the following terms and conditions (“Terms and Conditions”) and any other terms and conditions contained on, in or available through a Play4UK Site.

2 – CONTENT: The copyright in the Material contained on, in, or available through this Website excluding the Content (as defined in paragraph 3) but including all other information, data, text, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video messages or other materials and the selection and arrangement thereof, and all source code, software compilations and other Material (“Material”) is owned by or licensed to Play4UK. All rights are reserved. You do not have any right, interest or title in or to the Material unless otherwise expressly indicated.

The trademarks, service marks, and logos (“Trade Marks”) contained on or in this Website are registered and owned by or licensed to Play4UK. Save as expressly stated; you do not have any right to use, copy, edit, vary, reproduce, publish, display, distribute, store, transmit, commercially exploit or disseminate the Trade Marks without the prior written consent of Play4UK. You are permitted to print or download extracts of the Material for your personal use only provided that each copy contains a notice that the Material is owned by or licensed to Play4UK. None of the Material may be used for any commercial or public use. Save as expressly stated or as necessary to view, print or download extracts of the Material for personal use, none of the Material may be copied, edited, varied, reproduced, published, displayed, distributed, stored, transmitted, commercially exploited or disseminated in any form whatsoever without the prior written consent of Play4UK.

3 – CONTENT SUBMITTED TO THE WEBSITE: Information, data, text, music, software, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials may be posted or uploaded (in public or privately) on to designated areas of certain of the Play4UK site. Any information, data, text, music, software, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials which are posted or uploaded on to Play4UK Site by any visitor to this Website is referred to as “Content”. Play4UK does not control the Content and, as such, is not responsible for it in any way whatsoever. In particular, Play4UK does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. Play4UK shall have the right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion to delete, edit, lock, move or remove any Content without notice. Without limiting the foregoing, Play4UK shall have the right without notice to record the IP address from which any Content is posted or uploaded to or otherwise transmitted through Play4UK Site and to block or remove any Content which violates these Terms and Conditions or is or may be irrelevant, out of date, inappropriate or objectionable in any way whatsoever or in respect of which Play4UK receives any complaint (whether valid, justified or not).

If you upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content to a public part of Play4UK Site (including, without limitation, if you post a message to a bulletin board or chat forum, upload files, input data, or engage in any other form of communication through Play4UK Site) you are wholly responsible for it. You hereby: (a) grant Play4UK and its group companies an irrevocable, perpetual, royalty­free right to use, distribute, copy, edit, adapt, license, distribute, transmit, publish, publicly perform or display any such Content in any form or medium anywhere in the World; and (b) irrevocably and unconditionally waive any moral rights or similar rights you have in any Content pursuant to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended, superseded or replaced from time to time) (the “Act”) or equivalent legislation anywhere in the World.

4 – THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND DOWNLOADS: This Website may feature products and services of third parties (“Products and Services”) or contain links to websites operated by third parties (“Third Party Websites”). Play4UK does not have any influence or control over any such Products or Services or any Third Party Website. Unless otherwise stated, Play4UK is not responsible for and does not endorse any Products or Services or any Third Party Website, or its availability or contents. Play4UK is not responsible for any agreement or understanding you enter into with a third party through a Third Party Website and/or in relation to any Products or Services. From time to time, Play4UK may receive a fee and/or commission from a third-party product or service provider if Play4UK features a Product or Service on this Website or if you link to a Third Party Website from a Play4UK Site and purchase Products or Services from them.

DOWNLOADS: You acknowledge and agree in relation to any downloads which are accessed on or via a Play4UK Site (“Download”) that (i) you have a right of a license to such download, you do not own any intellectual property rights in such download, and your use of such download may be subject to any applicable end user licence agreement; (ii) you are not permitted to modify, copy, commercially exploit, re­sell or otherwise use a Download in any way which is contrary to applicable laws or regulations. Y our attention is drawn to section 7 of these Terms and Conditions, which you should read carefully before commencing any Downloads.

5 – MEMBER CONDUCT: You agree that when using the Play4UK Website you will not: (a) Upload, post or otherwise transmit Content which violates the rights (including, without limitation, the intellectual property rights) of a third party or which is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, argumentative, flaming, hateful, offensive (whether in relation to sex, race, religion or otherwise) harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, indecent, libellous, invasive of another’s privacy or contains any illegal content; (b) Harvest Content or IP addresses or upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content which contains software viruses or any other files or programs that may interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of this Play4UK Website or any networks connected to this Website or another’s computer, or that contains any chain letters, pyramid­selling schemes, bulk mail, junk mail or similar; or (c) Upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content for any commercial or business purpose including (without limitation) any Content which contains any advertising or promotional materials; or (d) Restrict or in any way inhibit any person from using this Play4UK Website; (e) Upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content which is unnecessary and/or repetitive including any Content which repeats that previously uploaded, posted or transmitted by you or another visitor, unless absolutely necessary; or (f) Upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content to a part of this Play4UK Website which is irrelevant to the subject matter or the Content; or (g)**** Upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content to this Play4UK Website using an e­mail address provided by a free account service such as hotmail; or (h) Register yourself as a member of this Website or the forum provided through this Website, or to receive any newsletter or other service under more than one user name and/or user account number without the consent of the Website editor or the forum moderator; or (i) Use this Play4UK Website in a manner that is inconsistent with these Terms and Conditions and/or any relevant laws and regulations in force from time to time; or (j) Breach the terms of any suspension or ban or seek alternative access.

You acknowledge that you are solely responsible for maintaining a secure password to gain access to the member sections of this Play4UK Website. You agree to indemnify Play4UK in full and on demand from and against any loss, damage, costs or expenses which they suffer or incur directly or indirectly as a result of your use of this Play4UK Website other than under these Terms and Conditions.

6 – Play4UK PRIVACY POLICY: If you provide information to Play4UK on or through this Website, Play4UK will use it under the terms of its privacy policy. That privacy policy forms part of these Terms and Conditions, and by using this Website, you acknowledge and agree that you have read and accepted the terms of that privacy policy.

7 – DISCLAIMER / LIABILITY: This Website, Third Party Websites, links to the Third Party Websites, and any Material and Content are provided on an ‘as­is’ and ‘as available’ basis and use is at your own risk. To the maximum extent permitted by law: (a) Play4UK disclaims all liability whatsoever, whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise in relation to this Website, Third Party Websites, links to Third Party Websites, Material and Content; and (b) all implied warranties, terms and conditions relating to this Website, Third Party Websites, links to Third Party Websites, Material and Content (whether implied by statute, common law or otherwise), including (without limitation) any warranty, term or condition as to accuracy, completeness, satisfactory quality, performance, merchantability, fitness for purpose or any special purpose, non­infringement and title are, as between Play4UK and you, hereby excluded. Play4UK makes no representation or warranty that this Website, and/or any Third Party Websites will be continuous, uninterrupted, secure or error­free. Play4UK will not be liable, in contract, tort (including, without limitation, negligence), under statute or otherwise, as a result of or in connection with this Website, any Third Party Websites, links to Third Party Websites, the Material, Content, Downloads or any products or services offered on or through this Website or Third Party Website, whether by Play4UK or on its behalf, for any: (a) economic loss (including, without limitation, loss of revenues, profits, contracts, business or anticipated savings); or (b) loss of goodwill or reputation; or (c) special or indirect or consequential loss.

If Play4UK is liable to you directly or indirectly in relation to this Website, any Third Party Websites, links to Third Party Websites, the Material, Content, Downloads or any products or services offered on or through this Website or Third Party Website, that liability (howsoever arising) shall be limited to the sums paid by you in consideration for Play4UK granting you membership to this Website. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed as excluding or limiting the liability of Play4UK or its group companies for death or personal injury caused by its negligence or for any other liability which cannot be excluded by English law. This Website is controlled and operated by Play4UK plc from its offices in the UK. Play4UK makes no representation that Material contained on this Website is appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access this Website from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws if and to the extent local laws are applicable. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitation on applicable statutory rights of a consumer, so the exclusions and limitations in this section 7 may not apply to you in whole or part.

DOWNLOADS: Without limiting the preceding, you expressly agree that Play4UK, its officers, subsidiaries, employees and/or affiliates shall have no liability whatsoever for the performance of any software product you purchase and/or download through, or via a link from, the Play4UK Site (“Download”). You expressly acknowledge and agree that use of any Download is at your sole risk and that the entire risk as to the satisfactory quality, performance, accuracy and effort is with you. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Downloads are provided “As Is” and without warranty of any kind, and Play4UK hereby disclaim all warranties and conditions with respect to the download, either express, implied or statutory, including (without limitation) the implied warranties and/or conditions of merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, quiet enjoyment and non­infringement of third­party rights. Play4UK does not warrant against interference with your enjoyment of the download, that the functions contained in the download will be continuous, uninterrupted, secure, virus­free, or error­free, or that defects in the download will be corrected. Should the download prove defective, you assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction.

8 – NO RECOMMENDATION OR INVITATION TO INVEST: No information on this Website constitutes or shall be deemed to constitute an invitation or recommendation to invest or otherwise deal in shares or other securities in Play4UK plc and the information contained herein does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any such securities. If you are considering an investment, you should make your own, independent assessment and take appropriate independent professional advice.

9 – ACCESS RESTRICTION: Play4UK reserves the right in its sole discretion to deny you access to this Website, or any portion thereof, without notice and for any reason including, without limitation, if you fail to comply with any clause 5 (Member Conduct) or any other provision of these Terms and Conditions. In particular, Play4UK may deny you access to this Website if Play4UK exercises its right to lock any discussion topic to prevent further discussion, following submission of Content relating to that topic by you.

10 – ONLINE COMPETITIONS: If you take part in any competition which is run on or through this Website (“Competition”), you agree to be bound by the Online Competition Rules and any other rules specified by Play4UK from time to time (“Competition Rules”) and by the decisions of Play4UK , which are final in all matters relating to the Competition. Play4UK reserves the right to disqualify any entrant and/or winner in its absolute discretion without notice in accordance with the Competition Rules.

11 – GENERAL: These Terms and Conditions (as amended from time to time) constitute the entire agreement between you and Play4UK concerning your use of this Website and supersede any previous arrangement, agreement, undertaking or proposal, written or oral between you and Play4UK in relation to such matters.

Play4UK reserves the right to update these Terms and Conditions from time to time. If it does so, the updated version will be effective as soon as it is uploaded on to this Website. No other variation to these Terms and Conditions shall be effective unless in writing and signed by an authorised representative on behalf of Play4UK.

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law, and you agree, for the benefit of Play4UK, to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. If any provision(s) of these Terms and Conditions is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, then such provision(s) shall be construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the parties and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect. Play4UK’s failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by Play4UK in writing.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, nothing in the Terms and Conditions shall create any rights or any other benefits whether pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise in favour of any person other than you, Play4UK and its group of companies.