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PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE

What's in these terms?

These terms tell you the rules for using the websites on which these terms appear.         

Who we are and how to contact us

Our websites are operated by International Literary Properties LLC and International Literary Properties UK Ltd, their subsidiaries and group companies ("ILP", "we" and "us"). International Literary Properties UK Ltd is registered in England and Wales under company number 12567769 and its registered office address is at 7 East Pallant, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1TR, UK. International Literary Properties LLC is a company incorporated and registered in Delaware, United States of America, with company number 7554757 and its registered office is at 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, 19808, USA.

We are a limited company.

To contact us, please email legal@ilpliterary.com.          

By using our websites you accept these terms

By using our websites, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them.

If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our websites.

We recommend that you print a copy of these terms for future reference.

There are other terms that may apply to you

These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our websites:

• Our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use and store your personal data.
• Our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about the cookies on our websites.
  
  

We may make changes to these terms

We amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use our websites, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time.

We may make changes to our websites

We may update and change our websites from time to time to reflect changes to our business priorities.

We may suspend or withdraw our websites

Our websites are made available free of charge.

We do not guarantee that our websites, or any content on them, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our websites for business and operational reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal.

You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our websites through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms, and that they comply with them.

We may transfer this agreement to someone else

We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organisation. Where legally required, we will tell you in writing if this happens.

How you may use material on our websites

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our websites, and in the material published on them. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.

You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our websites for your personal use and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on our websites.

You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.

Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our websites must always be acknowledged (except where the content is user-generated).

You must not use any part of the content on our websites for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.

If you print off, copy, download, share or repost any part of our websites in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our websites will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made (except that you are permitted to print off a copy of these terms of use).

No text or data mining, or web scraping

You shall not conduct, facilitate, authorise or permit any text or data mining or web scraping in relation to our websites or any services provided via, or in relation to, our websites for any purpose, including the development, training, fine-tuning or validation of AI systems or models. This includes using (or permitting, authorising or attempting the use of):

• Any "robot", "bot", "spider", "scraper" or other automated device, program, tool, algorithm, code, process or methodology to access, obtain, copy, monitor or republish any portion of our websites or any data, content, information or services accessed via the same.
• Any automated analytical technique aimed at analysing text and data in digital form to generate information or develop, train, fine-tune or validate AI systems or models which includes but is not limited to patterns, trends and correlations.

The provisions in this clause should be treated as an express reservation of our rights in this regard.

This section will not apply insofar as (but only to the extent that) we are unable to exclude or limit text or data mining or web scraping activity by contract under the laws which are applicable to us.

Rules about linking to our websites

You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.

You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.

You must not establish links to our websites in any website that is not owned by you.

Our websites must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our websites other than the home page.

We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

If you wish to link to or make any use of content on our websites other than that set out above, please contact legal@ilpliterary.com.

Our trade marks are registered

ILP is the owner of all intellectual property rights in our websites, which are protected by UK and international copyright and other intellectual property laws. The trade marks and logos appearing on our websites are owned or co-owned by ILP, including without limitation, the following registered marks:

You are not permitted to use our trade marks without our approval and any such use may constitute an infringement of our rights. If you wish to make any use of our trade marks or other intellectual property, please contact legal@ilpliterary.com.

Do not rely on information on our websites

The content on our websites is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our websites.

Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our websites, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our websites is accurate, complete or up to date.

We are not responsible for websites we link to

Where our websites contain links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them.

We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.

We are not responsible for viruses

We do not guarantee that our websites will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.

You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programs and platform to access our websites. You should use your own virus protection software.

You must not introduce viruses

You must not misuse our websites by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful, or otherwise harmfully interacting with our websites or any part of them. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our websites, the server on which our websites are stored or any server, computer or database connected to our websites or any other equipment or network connected with our websites. You must not interfere with, damage or disrupt any software used in the provision of our websites or any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party on which our websites rely in any way. You must not attack our websites via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack. By breaching this provision, you could be committing a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our websites will cease immediately.

Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you

We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

We exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to our websites or any content on them.

We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:

• use of, or inability to use, our websites; or
• use of or reliance on any content displayed on our websites.

In particular, we will not be liable for:

• loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
• business interruption;
• loss of anticipated savings;
• loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
• any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

How we may use your personal information

We will only use your personal information as set out in our Privacy Policy.

Which country's laws apply to any disputes?

These terms of use, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims), are governed by English law. Both you and ILP agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.