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Access to and use of this site ('bbc.co.uk') is provided by the BBC subject to the following terms: 1. By using bbc.co.uk you agree to be legally bound by these terms, which shall take effect immediately on your first use of bbc.co.uk. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all the following terms please do not access and/or use bbc.co.uk. 2. The BBC may change these terms at any time by posting changes online. Please review these terms regularly to ensure you are aware of any changes made by the BBC. Your continued use of bbc.co.uk after changes are posted means you agree to be legally bound by these terms as updated and/or amended. Use of bbc.co.uk3. You may not copy, reproduce, republish, download, post, broadcast, transmit, make available to the public, or otherwise use bbc.co.uk content in any way except for your own personal, non-commercial use. You also agree not to adapt, alter or create a derivative work from any bbc.co.uk content except for your own personal, non-commercial use. Any other use of bbc.co.uk content requires the prior written permission of the BBC. 4. You agree to use bbc.co.uk only for lawful purposes, and in a way that does not infringe the rights of, restrict or inhibit anyone else's use and enjoyment of bbc.co.uk. Prohibited behaviour includes harassing or causing distress or inconvenience to any person, transmitting obscene or offensive content or disrupting the normal flow of dialogue within bbc.co.uk. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability5. bbc.co.uk content, including the information, names, images, pictures, logos and icons regarding or relating to the BBC and/or BBC Worldwide Limited, its products and services (or to third party products and services), is provided "AS IS" and on an "IS AVAILABLE" basis without any representations or any kind of warranty made (whether express or implied by law) to the extent permitted by law, including the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy. 6. Under no circumstances will the BBC and/or BBC Worldwide Limited be liable for any of the following losses or damage (whether such losses where foreseen, foreseeable, known or otherwise): (a) loss of data; (b) loss of revenue or anticipated profits; (c) loss of business; (d) loss of opportunity; (e) loss of goodwill or injury to reputation; (f) losses suffered by third parties; or (g) any indirect, consequential, special or exemplary damages arising from the use of bbc.co.uk regardless of the form of action. 7. The BBC does not warrant that functions contained in bbc.co.uk content will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that bbc.co.uk or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs. Intellectual Property8. The names, images and logos identifying the BBC, BBC Worldwide or third parties and their products and services are subject to copyright, design rights and trade marks of the BBC, BBC Worldwide Limited and/or third parties. Nothing contained in these terms shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise any licence or right to use any trademark, patent, design right or copyright of the BBC, BBC Worldwide Limited, or any other third party. Contributions to bbc.co.uk9. Where you are invited to submit any contribution to bbc.co.uk (including any text, photographs, graphics, video or audio) you agree, by submitting your contribution, to grant the BBC a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licenseable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, play, make available to the public, and exercise all copyright and publicity rights with respect to your contribution worldwide and/or to incorporate your contribution in other works in any media now known or later developed for the full term of any rights that may exist in your contribution, and in accordance with privacy restrictions set out in the BBC's Privacy Policy. If you do not want to grant to the BBC the rights set out above, please do not submit your contribution to bbc.co.uk. 10. Further to paragraph 9, by submitting your contribution to bbc.co.uk, you:
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