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By downloading an ITF RSS Feed( "ITF Feed") from an ITF website, you agree to be bound by the terms set out below. These terms may be updated from time to time. Please review these terms each time you download an ITF Feed.
Your download and/or use of an ITF Feed indicates your agreement to these terms.
1. Licence
1.1 Subject to the terms of this Agreement the ITF grants you a non-transferrable, non-sublicensable, royalty free non-exclusive licence to display on your website ("Site") the headlines, active links or other source identifiers and other information or materials that you specifically select to receive from the ITF via the ITF Feed ("ITF Content").
1.2 All title, ownership rights and intellectual property rights in and to the ITF Feed shall remain the property of the ITF.
1.3 Nothing in these Standard Licence Terms grants you any right to use the ITF trade mark on your Site or elsewhere.
2. Use of ITF Content
2.1 You may not use the Feed or display any ITF Content on any Site that is a web site that is excluded by the ITF (scroll down for the list of Excluded Websites as may be amended by the ITF from time to time).
2.2 YOU MUST ENSURE THAT ALL ITF CONTENT ON YOUR SITE HAS AN ACCREDITATION TO THE ITF IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ITF ACCREDITATION GUIDELINES FROM TIME TO TIME (SCROLL DOWN FOR THE ITF ACCREDITATION GUIDELINES AS MAY BE AMENDED BY THE ITF FROM TIME TO TIME).
2.3 YOU MAY NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY CHARGE USERS SPECIFICALLY FOR ACCESSING ITF CONTENT OR OTHERWISE COMMERCIALISE SUCH CONTENT, NOR ATTEMPT TO RE-SELL THE ITF CONTENT IN ANY WAY.
2.4 Where possible you must create a functional link back to the ITF News story(ies) summarised by the ITF Content. If you are displaying the Feed where a functional link back to the ITF website is not possible, you must display on-screen the URL from which the ITF content can be obtained (scroll down to the accreditation section below). You may not directly or indirectly change, edit, add to or produce summaries of the ITF Content or any content on the ITF website nor place any full-story ITF content in an HTML frame-set.
2.5 You may not directly or indirectly suggest any endorsement or approval by the ITF of your Site or any non-ITF entity, product or content or any views expressed within your site or service.
2.6 You acknowledge that the ITF has absolute editorial control over all ITF Content.
3. Warranties & Liability
3.1 You warrant to the ITF that:
(i) you have fully complied with, and shall continue to comply fully with, all applicable laws and regulations;
(ii) the Site shall contain no material which is libellous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or which brings the ITF into disrepute, or which is in breach of any third party intellectual property rights; and
(iii) users of the Site shall be required to comply with terms that are equivalent to the Standard Licence Terms in relation to their use of ITF Content.
3.2 The ITF Feed is made available by the ITF on an "as is" and "as available" basis and the BBC gives no warranty of any kind in relation to the ITF Feed, the ITF Content, or any content on the ITF website. The ITF disclaims all implied warranties, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, and accuracy regarding the ITF Content, the ITF Feed and the ITF website and any content thereon.
3.3 TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW THE ITF EXCLUDES ALL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE HOWSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY LIABILITY ARISING IN RELATION TO THE ITF FEED, THE ITF CONTENT OR ANY CONTENT ON THE ITF WEBSITE, ANY VIRUS OR OTHER CONTAMINATION OR ANY UNAVAILABILITY OF ITF CONTENT.
3.4 Each provision of this Clause 3 operates separately in itself and survives independently of the others.
4. Indemnity
4.1 You hereby agree to indemnify, hold harmless and defend the ITF in respect of all damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees and litigation expenses, arising out of or as a result of any breach of the Standard Licence Terms or otherwise in connection with your use of the ITF Feed (including the ITF Content).
5. Termination
5.1 You may terminate this Agreement and the licence granted herein at any time by destroying or removing all copies of the ITF Feed (including the ITF Content) from your Site, all hard drives, networks and other storage media.
5.2 The ITF may restrict, suspend or terminate the ITF Feed, this Agreement, the licence granted herein or your access to the ITF Feed at any time without liability. You agree to destroy all copies of the ITF Feed (including the ITF Content) upon receiving notice of termination from the ITF.
5.3 Clauses 3, 4 and 6 shall survive termination of this Agreement.
6. General
6.1 Neither party may assign, charge, sublicense or otherwise deal with its rights or obligations in this Agreement in whole or in part to any third party.
6.2 This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements and understandings between the parties concerning its subject matter. Each of the parties acknowledges that it has not relied on any statement made by the other in the course of entering into this Agreement.
6.3 Any failure or delay by either party in exercising its rights under any provisions of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of those rights at any time now or in the future.
6.4 This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and take effect in accordance with English law and the English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any claim or dispute which may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement.
Excluded Websites
The ITF's RSS feeds and any ITF content contained in the ITF RSS feeds may only be displayed on websites that do not fall into any one or more of the categories listed below. A site will be deemed to fall within one of the following categories where there is a material and prominent section of the Site that falls within such category.
1. Sites that incite hatred whether based on race, religion, gender, sexuality or otherwise, or promote encourage or facilitate anti-social behaviour
2. Sites that promote, encourage or facilitate violence
3. Sites that promote, encourage or facilitate terrorism or other activities that risk UK national security
4. Sites that discriminate against any specific social group or otherwise exploit vulnerable sections of society
5. Sites that promote, facilitate or encourage illegal activity
6. Sites which are misleading, pornographic, defamatory, or that contain illegal, or otherwise actionable content under UK law
7. Sites which infringe individual privacy
Accreditation Guidelines
Any ITF RSS feed or ITF content on your site must incorporate an attribution (credit) to the ITF in one of the following forms:
"From ITFTennis.com, Daviscup.com or Fedcup.com" (delete as applicable), or
"This content/article is from the ITF Tennis website / www.itftennis.com, Davis Cup website / www.daviscup.com, Fed Cup website / www.fedcup.com" (delete as applicable)
If you are displaying an ITF RSS feed in a context where a functional link back to the article on the website is not possible then you must use the following attribution (credit)
From ITFTennis.com/news, Daviscup.com/news or Fedcup.com/news (delete as applicable)
You may not use any ITF logo or other ITF trade mark without signing a ITF trade mark licence agreement.
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