Conditions of use and user agreement

1. Rockmine (the "Service") and its affiliate sites (the "Sites") are accessible to anyone with Internet access anywhere in the world. Access and use of the Service and the Sites are subject to the terms and conditions of this User Agreement and Copyright Notice and all applicable laws and regulations, including laws and regulations governing copyright and trademark.

Please note: By accessing the Service and the Sites, you accept, without limit or qualification, all the terms and conditions contained in this user agreement. Rockmine and its affiliates reserve the right to change these terms and conditions at any time. Any such changes will be notified here. By using the Service and the Sites, you agree in advance to accept any changes.

2. All materials contained within the Service and the Sites, including but not limited to artwork, music, photographs, software, speech, text, video and business names, logos, trading and service marks, are the property of Rockmine or its affiliates or licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark and other laws. Any such content may be displayed and downloaded solely for your personal, non-commercial use. You agree not to modify, reproduce, retransmit, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish, broadcast or circulate in any manner any such material without the written permission of Rockmine or the appropriate affiliate.

3. The Service and the Sites contain information, facts and opinions from various individuals and organizations as well as Rockmine itself. This information is provided without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of title. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the material generated by either either Rockmine or its affiliates, neither shall be held responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any information, opinion, advice or statement on the Service or the Sites.

4. The Service and the Sites include threaded chat and mailing lists allowing users to exchange information with other users and provide feedback to Rockmine and its affiliates. You agree not to post any abusive, defamatory, harmful, harassing, objectionable, obscene, profane, racist, unlawful, violent or vulgar material of any kind that might encourage conduct violating any local, state, national or international laws. At all times, you shall be responsible for any material you post and indemnify Rockmine, its affiliates, agents, licensors and representatives against any claims arising as a result. The content of threaded chat or mailing lists is not controlled by Rockmine or its affiliates and any postings are the sole responsibility of their authors who shall accept sole liability. Although Rockmine, its affiliates, agents, licensors or representatives do make periodic checks on threaded chats and mailing lists, they are under no obligation to do so. You must acknowledge that Rockmine and its affiliates reserve the right to edit, remove or refuse to post any material submitted to threaded chat or mailing lists without reason.

5. Use of the Service and the Sites is at your own risk. Neither Rockmine nor any of its affiliates, agents, licensors or representatives are liable for any loss or injury or any form of damages arising as a result of accessing the Service or the Sites. Neither Rockmine nor any of its affiliates, agents, licensors or representatives are liable for any inability to access the Service or the Sites. While the information supplied within the site is held to be true and honest, neither Rockmine nor any of its affiliates, agents, licensors or representatives are liable for any form of damages arising from the use of that information which has been obtained and supplied in good faith. In return for free access to the Service and the Sites, you hereby waive any and all claims against Rockmine, its affiliates, agents, licensors or representatives arising from your use of the Service and the Sites and the information contained therein.

6. Any communication or material you post or transmit to the Service and/or the Sites is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and public domain to be used freely by the Service. You assume full responsibility for anything you post or transmit, and you grant Rockmine and its affiliates in perpetuity, the right to edit, copy, publish and distribute in any media any information or content you post or transmit for any purpose.

7. Rockmine and its affiliates do not review or monitor the content of any web sites linked to the Service and the Sites and are not responsible for what is contained in any such linked web sites. Linking to such web sites is at your own risk. Rockmine cannot be held responsible for any offence caused by a site's content or damage to any system caused by downloading from a linked site.

8. Please be aware that disclosing personal information (e.g., user name, email address, url, etc) on threaded chat may result in that information being collected and used by others and may lead to unsolicited messages from other parties.

9. COMMERCIAL USERS: Further to the preceeding clauses, the contents of the Service and the Sites are provided free, without charge to any and all commercial users subject to Rockmine being creditted with the provision of that information. At all times the wording "provided by Rockmine, the Internet's largest rock music resource." must be used. In any form of printed or digital media the wording "provided by Rockmine, the Internet's largest rock music resource - www.rockmine.com" must be used.

10. Any representatives of Rockmine or its affiliates can be clearly identified by the use of the following e-mail addresses (name)@rockmine.com / (name)@rockmine.music.co.uk / (name)@rock-memorabilia.com. Anyone claiming to represent Rockmine or its affiliates who does not use one of these e-mail addresses is fraudulant. Please notify us at once at fraud@rockmine.com

11. This User Agreement and any disputes arising out of or related to the Service and the Sites are governed by the laws of the United Kingdom.