TERMS & CONDITIONS

As such anyone using the Open Culture website agrees:

1.      Whatever work or contribution is submitted becomes immediately available in the public domain for anyone to download, print or copy for individual private use.


2.      Members of the Open Culture alliance will be granted a non-exclusive licence imperpetuity to use whatever work or contribution that is submitted for any purposes related to non-profit making promotion, publicity, education or cultural display and distribution whether as individual works or parts of greater collections.
 

3.      This non-exclusive not for profit licence will extend to any legally connected company or entity of any alliance member.
 

4.      Contributors recognise that Open Culture will not be able to consult over every individual work in terms of exhibition, display, layout or publicity and promotional material but that the general ethos is to promote an environment in good faith in which cultural content can be encouraged and stimulated for the general public good.
 

5.      As such Open Culture will try but cannot guarantee to make sure that credit will be given to any contribution through either initial exhibition or inclusion on any related website or online presence.
 

6.      Following the above conditions and by submitting work for inclusion in any Open Culture initiative contributors are agreeing to all of the terms and ethos of the overall Open Culture initiative.

As such anyone participating in any Open Culture project agrees:

1.      Whatever work or contribution is submitted becomes immediately available in the public domain for anyone to download, print or copy for individual private use.
 

2.      Members of the Open Culture alliance will be granted a non-exclusive licence imperpetuity to use whatever work or contribution that is submitted for any purposes related to non-profit making promotion, publicity, education or cultural display and distribution whether as individual works or parts of greater collections.
 

3.      This non-exclusive not for profit licence will extend to any legally connected company or entity of any alliance member.
 

4.      Whatever work or contribution is submitted becomes immediately available in the public domain for anyone to download, print or copy for individual private use.
 

5.      Members of the Open Culture alliance will be granted a non-exclusive licence imperpetuity to use whatever work or contribution that is submitted for any purposes related to non-profit making promotion, publicity, education or cultural display and distribution whether as individual works or parts of greater collections.
 

6.      This non-exclusive not for profit licence will extend to any legally connected company or entity of any alliance member.
 

7.      Any commercial exploitation of any individual work by any member of the Open Culture alliance will, if possible and practicable, return the following fees and percentages of any normal market income for contributors, whether as a one off or royalty payment:                                  

- in the case of individual contributors
- £10 advance and 50% to the individual originator; 1% to support the future work of the Open Culture initiative and 49% to itself.                                 
- in the case of up to four contributors to a single project
- £10 advance and 60%, to the originators; 1% to support the future work of the Open Culture initiative and 39% to itself. - in the case of multiple contributors to a single project
- £10 advance and 50% to support the future work of the Open Culture initiative and 39% to itself. Any such fees or income due will as a rule be sent annually to keep administration costs down to the address, if any, registered at the time of exploitation although Open Culture reserves the right to change this time period.
 

8.      Any contributor will be free to market and exploit their own work but agrees to contribute a one off fee as determined by Open Culture from time to time, but currently £10, together with an undertaking to return 1% of any income generated as donations to support the future work of Open Culture on an annual basis. Open Culture reserves the right to amend these fees and percentages.
 

9.      Contributors also agree to allow their names and likenesses to be used in any publicity, promotional, educational or cultural display.
 

10.  Contributors recognise that Open Culture will not be able to consult over every individual work in terms of exhibition, display, layout or publicity and promotional material but that the general ethos is to promote an environment in good faith in which cultural content can be encouraged and stimulated for the general public good.
 

11.  As such Open Culture will try but cannot guarantee to make sure that credit will be given to any contribution through either initial exhibition or inclusion on any related website or online presence.
 

12.  Following the above conditions and by submitting work for inclusion in any Open Culture initiative contributors are agreeing to all of the terms and ethos of the overall Open Culture initiative.
 

DISCLAIMER

Every effort is made to ensure that information contained on this website is accurate and up-to-date.  It should be noted, however, that this information is subject to change without notice and Open Culture can accept no liability for the accuracy of any of the information presented at any given time.

We accept no responsibility for information obtained through any links from this website to information generated and maintained by third parties. Open Culture will endeavour to ensure all downloadable content is virus-free.  However, Open Culture can accept no liability for damages resulting from virus infection and users download any content at their own risk.

PRIVACY POLICY

We collect, process and may publish general statistical information relating to the usage of our website, including: internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyse trends, administer the site, track user's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. This information we publish does not involve personally identifiable data - e.g. single users' IP addresses - and we use the statistics only for the purposes of helping us to understand and meet the requirements of our users.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website.  Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on user’s computers.  The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of this website. Google will store this information and their privacy policy is available at: www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.

Third Party Advertisers

We do not share personal information with third parties.

Legal Disclaimer

Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy and keep your data from being passed on to third parties, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our website.

Notification of Changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the site, and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.

Links

This website may, through users' messages contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we, Open Culture or any members of the Open Culture Alliance are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.

Security

This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, their information is protected both online and off-line. Our registration does not ask users to enter sensitive information such as credit card number. All of our users' information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The servers that store personally identifiable information are in a secure environment, in a locked and professionally managed facility.

Contact Information

If users have any questions, concerns or suggestions regarding our legal policy, please contact us at info@culture.org.uk