Who we are
The Gospel Music Industry Alliance (GMIA) website is managed by GMIA , referred to as ‘we’ or ‘us’ from now on.
Using the GMIA website
You agree to use the GMIA website only for lawful purposes. You GMIA must also use it in a way that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of, this site by anyone else.
We update this website all the time. We can change or remove content and design at any time without notice.
‘Content’ means any information on the GMIA website including text, images and links.
We are entitled at any time to delete, remove or suspend the whole or any part of the GMIA website, including your member profile and any content that you provide, without notice to you and without incurring any liability.
We are entitled at any time to block or withhold your access to the GMIA website if your GMIA membership or online registration is terminated, if we have reasonable grounds to suspect any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions or that we have incurred or may incur any liability in connection with the GMIA website, or if your use of the website or content is otherwise inappropriate.
If we believe your use of the GMIA website constitutes a criminal offence, we’ll report this to the relevant law enforcement authorities and share information about you with them.
Services and transactions
You can use the GMIA website to access online GMIA member subscriber services and resources and Member Directory.
Some services have their own terms and conditions which also apply – read these before you use the service.
Linking to the GMIA website
We welcome and encourage other websites to link to gmia.org.uk.
You GMIA must contact us for permission if you want to either:
charge your website’s users to click on a link to any page on the GMIA website
say your website is associated with or endorsed by GMIA
Linking from the GMIA website
Where our Site contains links to other websites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. A link does not represent any endorsement or recommendation by us and does not mean that we have any association with the linked website. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources and accept no responsibility or liability for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
Where links or embedded content have been posted by users, we shall not be responsible or liable in any way for their content or in relation to your use of the same.
Using GMIA content
Copyright material presented on the GMIA website is owned by the GMIA, unless otherwise stated. If any content is not subject to copyright protection, we’ll usually credit the author or copyright holder. Pages may not be downloaded, copied or printed without prior express written permission.
The most up to date version of our content will always be on gmia.org.uk.
Your content on the GMIA website
Any content you make available through the GMIA website will continue to be owned by you or your third party licensors. By making your content available on the GMIA website you grant to us a perpetual, irrevocable, world-wide, royalty-free, transferable, non-exclusive license (with the right to sublicense) to use, edit, alter, adapt, translate, copy, distribute, publish, continue to publish or republish your content in any way and for any purpose.
As the license is irrevocable, this means, for example, that it exists whether you remain as a registered user and we do not have to remove your content even if you would like us to.
By submitting your content you warrant that you have the right to grant to us (or have procured the grant of) the irrevocable non-exclusive license. This means that if you have obtained your content from a third party, you have obtained their permission to grant of the non-exclusive license described above to us. We have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any of your content constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.
You are solely responsible for your content. Any content you post on or via our Site is posted entirely at your own risk. You warrant that all of your content is accurate and complete and in posting your content you are not in breach of any applicable laws or regulations.
You may not use the GMIA website:
in breach of any applicable local, national or international law or regulation, whether criminal or otherwise; or in a manner which would involve us or any other person in any breach of any local, national or international law or regulation
in breach of any obligations or duties of confidentiality, or in breach of any obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998
for the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way
to upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any content that is directed to inciting or producing conduct that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, insulting, false, misleading, unreliable, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or is likely to produce such conduct
to impersonate any person or entity or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity
to forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any content transmitted through the system
to upload, post, link to, frame, email or otherwise transmit any content that infringes any patent, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party (including, for example, music videos or recordings which you do not have permission to distribute)
to upload, post, link to, email or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” or “pyramid schemes”
to interfere with or disrupt our Website’s system or servers or networks connected to our Website’s system, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to our Website’s system
to collect or store personal data about other Users without their knowledge
to promote or provide instructional information about illegal activities, promote physical harm or injury against any group or individual, or promote any act of cruelty to animals
to carry out GMIA election campaigning.
Disclaimer
Whilst we make every effort to keep the GMIA website up to date, we do not provide any guarantees or warranties that the information will be:
current
secure
accurate
complete
free from bugs or viruses
We provide no warranty and accept no liability in respect of any specimen agreements (whether labeled as ‘specimen’ or otherwise) or guidance available on the GMIA website. You should get professional or specialist advice before doing anything based on the content.
No content shall constitute an endorsement of any member.
We’re not liable for any loss or damage that may come from using the GMIA website. This includes:
any direct, indirect or consequential losses
any loss or damage caused by civil wrongs (‘tort’, including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise
the inability to use the GMIA website and any websites that are linked to or from it
This applies whether or not the loss or damage was foreseeable, arose in the normal course of things or you advised us that it might happen.
This includes (but is not limited to) the loss of your:
income or revenue
salary, benefits or other payments
business
profits or contracts
opportunity
anticipated savings
data
goodwill or reputation
tangible property
intangible property, including loss, corruption or damage to data or any computer system
wasted management or office time
We may still be liable for:
death or personal injury arising from our negligence
fraudulent misrepresentation
any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law
Requests to remove content
You can ask for content to be removed from the GMIA website. We’ll remove content:
in order to comply with data protection legislation covering the rights and freedoms of individuals
if it breaches copyright laws, contains sensitive or special category personal data or material that may be considered obscene or defamatory
Contact us to ask for content to be removed. You’ll need to send us the web address (URL) of the content and explain why you think it should be removed. We’ll reply to let you know whether we’ll remove it or not.
Information about you and your visits to the GMIA website
We collect information about you in accordance with our privacy policy and our cookie policy. By using the GMIA website, you agree to us collecting this information and confirm that any data you provide is accurate.
Virus protection
We make every effort to check and test the GMIA website for viruses at every stage of production. You must make sure that the way you use the GMIA website does not expose you to the risk of viruses, malicious computer code or other forms of interference which can damage your or any other computer system.
We’re not responsible for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or computer system that might happen when you use the GMIA website.
Viruses, hacking and other offenses
When using the GMIA website, you must not introduce viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or any other material that’s malicious or technologically harmful.
You must not try to gain unauthorised access to the GMIA website, the server on which it’s stored or any server, computer or database connected to it.
You must not attack the GMIA website in any way. This includes denial-of-service attacks. We’ll report any attacks or attempts to gain unauthorised access to the GMIA website to the relevant law enforcement authorities and share information about you with them.
Governing law
These terms and conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute you have which relates to these terms and conditions, or your use of the GMIA website (whether it be contractual or non-contractual), will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
General
There may be legal notices elsewhere on the GMIA website that relate to how you use the site. We’re not liable if we fail to comply with these terms and conditions because of circumstances beyond our reasonable control.
We might decide not to exercise or enforce any right available to us under these terms and conditions. If we do, we can always decide to exercise or enforce that right at a later date.
Doing this once will not mean we automatically waive the right on any other occasion.
If any of these terms and conditions are held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, the remaining terms and conditions will still apply.
Changes to these terms and conditions
We may update these terms and conditions at any time without notice.
You will agree to any changes if you continue to use the GMIA website after the terms and conditions have been updated.