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Terms and conditions

All copyright and other rights in the website found on the discussion pages on the website hosted under the www.danacentre.org.uk URL ("the Discussion Pages") are owned by Science Museum ("the Science Museum") or other parties.

In return for the Science Museum allowing you to access the Discussion Pages you are deemed to accept the following Terms and Conditions of use (and if you do not accept these Terms and Conditions in full, you will not have permission to access the Discussion Pages and you should therefore leave the Discussion Pages immediately):

1. You agree that the Science Museum may put your contributions to the Discussion Pages ("your Contributions") on the Discussion Pages in accordance with these terms until such time that the Science Museum decide to take them down. Therefore, please do not include any information in your Contributions which you would not be happy to be viewed by other people.

2. You agree that the Science Museum has the right to refrain from posting your Contributions and/or may remove them at its discretion.

3. You agree that you will not include any material within your Contributions that: (a) identifies anyone else except for someone who is taking part in these discussions; (b) is copied entirely, or to any substantial degree, from another work; (c) is defamatory, offensive, obscene, blasphemous, amounts to an invasion of privacy or is otherwise unlawful; or (d) which might bring the Dana Centre and/or the Science Museum into disrepute.

4. Subject to what is said below material from the Discussion Pages may be downloaded, viewed, printed, copied on the hard disk of your computer (but not photocopied) and used for your own personal, non-commercial purposes as a personal information resource in good faith ONLY. Any other type of use requires the prior written agreement of the Science Museum and all rights in the Discussion Pages are reserved.

5. You agree: (a) not to create a database (electronic or otherwise) that includes material downloaded or otherwise obtained from the Discussion Pages; (b) not to transmit, broadcast, re-circulate, re-publish or sell any material obtained from the Discussion Pages to any third party; (c) not to remove the copyright or trade mark notice(s) from any copies of any material made in accordance with these terms; (d) not to use the Discussion Pages in any way that might infringe third party rights, be otherwise unlawful or that might bring the Dana Centre or the Science Museum into disrepute; and (e) to indemnify the Science Museum against all losses and costs incurred as a result of any breach of the House Rules and/or these Terms and Conditions by you.

6. You hereby assign to the Science Museum (and undertake to confirm such assignment in writing at our request) all copyright, database right and all rights of a similar nature that subsist in your Contributions throughout the world for the full term of such rights and any extensions and/or renewals thereof. Furthermore, in respect of your Contributions you hereby waive your moral rights to: (a) paternity; and (b) object to derogatory treatment.

7. The Science Museum reserves the right to refuse you access to any part of the Discussion Pages at any time and for any reason without giving advance notice and the Science Museum shall not be liable for any losses or damages that may arise from such refusal.

8. You accept that the opinions, ideas and information provided on the Discussion Pages are those of the writer. The Science Museum does not accept any liability for these opinions, ideas and information. It is the responsibility of users to check the accuracy of relevant facts and opinions given on the Discussion Pages before entering into any commitment based upon them.

9. You agree to keep all passwords and usernames provided to you by the Science Museum secure and you accept that you will be held responsible for any contributions made to the Discussion Pages as a result of your passwords and usernames falling into unauthorised hands (except where due to the negligence of the Science Museum) therefore please do not leave your computer while logged on to the Discussion Pages and ensure that your username and password are kept secure (ensuring that your computer does not keep a permanent record of the username and password that can be accessed by subsequent users of it).

10. The Science Museum cannot guarantee that your use of the Discussion Pages will be free from error and/or uninterrupted. The Science Museum shall not be liable for any damages including, but not limited to, indirect or consequential damages, damages for loss of opportunity or chance, or any damages whatsoever arising from use or loss of use, data, or profits, whether in contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising out of, or in connection with the Discussion Pages or any other Internet sites.

11. The Discussion Pages may contain links to external websites. These links are included to give users the opportunity to access other pages that it is felt may be of assistance to them. The Science Museum are not responsible for the content of these Internet sites.

12. Whilst effort has been taken to ensure that the Discussion Pages are free from viruses, no warranties are given that they are free from viruses and users are responsible for ensuring that they have installed adequate virus checking software. The Science Museum shall not be liable for any viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, restrict, destroy, limit the functionality of or compromise the integrity of the Discussion Pages or any hardware on which they are hosted.

13. The names, images and logos identifying the Dana Centre, the Science Museum and the Discussion Pages or third parties and their products and services, are the proprietary marks of the Science Museum and/or may be the proprietary marks of third parties. Any use made of these marks may be an infringement of rights in those marks and the Science Museum reserves all rights to enforce such rights that they might have. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise any licence or right under any trade mark or patent of the Science Museum or any other third party.

14. Nothing in these terms serves to exclude or limit liability for death or personal injury arising from negligence or any liability which is otherwise prohibited from being excluded by law.

15. These terms may be varied from time to time. Please ensure that you review these terms regularly as you will be deemed to have accepted a variation if you continue to use the Discussion Pages after a variation has been posted.

16. If any of these terms should be determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted from these terms and the remaining terms shall survive, remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.

17. These terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes arising from matters relating to the Discussion Pages shall be exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

If you have any queries about these terms or about the Discussion Pages generally, please send an appropriately worded email to moderators@danacentre.org.uk.