Welcome to our Site. These are our Terms &
Conditions for use of the Site which you may access in several ways,
including but not limited to the web, PDAs, mobile phones and RSS feeds.
These Terms & Conditions apply whenever you access the Site,
regardless of how you access the Site.
Use of this site
- News Digital Media Pty Limited (News) is the
owner and operator of this Site.
- Users of this Site (Users) agree to be bound
by these Terms & Conditions, which are subject to change at News’
sole discretion. Your use of and access to this Site indicates your
acceptance of these Terms & Conditions, as they exist at that time.
Intellectual Property
- All intellectual property in relation to
content on this Site belongs to News or its licensors, advertisers or
affiliates. You obtain no interest in that intellectual property. All
content on this Site is protected by Australian and international
copyright and other intellectual property laws. You may not do anything
which interferes with or breaches those laws or the intellectual
property rights in the content.
- You may download and view content or print a
copy of material on this Site for personal, non-commercial use provided
you do not modify the content in any way (including any copyright
notice). All rights not expressly granted under these terms of use are
reserved by News. Unless expressly stated otherwise, you are not
permitted to copy, or republish anything you find on the Site without
the copyright or trademark owners’ permission.
- The News.com.au logo, the logos of the News’
sites and the newspaper mastheads on the News sites are registered
trademarks of News or its related bodies corporate. Other trademarks may
be displayed on the Site from time to time. These may belong to third
parties. Nothing displayed on the Site should be construed as granting
any license or right of use of any logo, trademark or masthead displayed
on the Site, without the express written permission of the relevant
owner.
Liability & Indemnity
- News does not warrant the accuracy of the
content on the Site. The content is provided to you “as is” and on an
“as available” basis and on the condition that you undertake all
responsibility for assessing the accuracy of the content and rely on it
at your own risk. All content on the Site may be changed at News’ sole
discretion and without notice.
- News will have no responsibility or
liability in relation to any loss or damage that you incur, including
damage to your software or hardware, arising from your use of or access
to this Site.
- News does not warrant that functions
contained in the Site content, such as hyperlinks, will be uninterrupted
or error free, that defects will be corrected or that News or the
server that makes it available, are free of viruses or bugs.
- To the extent permitted by law, all other
representations, conditions or warranties, whether based in statute,
common law or otherwise are excluded. Liability of News, for any breach
of a term or condition implied by law is limited at News’ discretion, to
the supply of any service again or the payment for the cost of having
any service supplied again.
- You indemnify News and its affiliated
companies, and each of their directors, officers, employees and agents
against any action, claim, loss or expense which it incurs which arises
from your use of the Site.
Third Party Content & Links
- This site may include third party content
which is subject to that third party's terms and conditions of use.
Nothing on this Site should be construed as granting any license or
right for you to use that content.
- This site may include links to third party
sites which are not related to News and in relation to which News has no
control or interest. The appearance of those links on this site does
not indicate any relationship between News and that third party or any
endorsement by News of that third party, its site or the products or
services which it is advertising on this Site.
Contributing Content
- When you submit content to News in any
format, including any text, photographs, graphics, video or audio, you
grant News a non-exclusive, royalty –free, perpetual license to publish
that content.
- You agree that News can use that content in
any way, now and in the future. News also reserves the right not to use
the content you submit.
- You warrant that you have all of the
necessary rights, including copyright, in the content you contribute,
that your content is not defamatory and that it does not infringe any
law.
- You indemnify News against any and all legal
fees, damages and other expenses that may be incurred by News as a
result of a breach of the above warranty.
- You waive any moral right sin your
contribution for the purposes of its submission to and publication on
the Site.
General
- These Terms & Condition shall be
governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of New South
Wales.
- Responsibility for all election comment is
taken by the editor, 2 Holt Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010.
- Users will not use this site for any purpose
or in any way which is unlawful.