TERMS OF USE

Introduction

Welcome to the website of Emirati Musicians’ Association. These terms and conditions (the “Terms”) govern use of all parts of our website www.emiratimusiciansassociation.ae (together the “Website”).

In these Terms, the terms “EMA” or “us” or “we” or “our” refer to Emirati Musicians’ Association. The term “you” refers to the user or viewer of this Website.

By using this Website, you agree to these Terms and any applicable laws and regulations which govern the use of the Website. If you do not accept the Terms, please do not use the Website.


We may change these Terms at any time. Please check the Terms before using the Website as all changes are binding on you as soon as they are posted.

Permitted Use

Except as set out below, you may not in any way use the content of this Website without EMA’s prior written consent. You are authorised to use and retain a copy of pages of the Website strictly for your personal use.  You may not use any content of the Website for commercial purposes without EMA’s prior written consent and may not use directly or indirectly the Website for any commercial or marketing activities or any business transactions in your name or on behalf of third parties, including any form of solicitation and offers of any kind.

You may link to our Website, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.

Certain areas of the Website allow you to upload and post content such as messages, information, concepts, ideas, know-how, text, photographs, graphics, videos or audio material (each a “Posting”). You represent and warrant that any Posting you make: (i) is compliant with these Terms; (ii) does not infringe any third party right (including any third party’s intellectual property rights) or any applicable law or regulation; (iii) is not defamatory, malicious or offensive (according to moral norms in the United Arab Emirates, such as promoting racism, hatred, harassment, containing threats against people or groups of people, or promoting illegal activities such as drug consumption, prostitution or pornography; (iv) is uploaded under your sole responsibility and at your sole risk and (v)  (other than information collected by EMA referred to in the Privacy Policy) is accessible to the public. EMA cannot and does not guarantee any protection or confidentiality of your Postings. You further agree and acknowledge that by uploading any Posting to the Website, you grant to EMA, on a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty free basis, throughout the world, the right to disclose, reproduce, adapt, edit, exploit, publish, translate, perform, or create derivative works from your Posting without further reference to you and without making any payment of any kind to you.

You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Website.

You acknowledge and agree that EMA may from time to time and at its sole discretion carry out some checking of any Postings uploaded by you or other users and may without notice delete or remove any information or content uploaded by you or any third party without any compensation and indemnification whatsoever.


Intellectual Property Rights

EMA is the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in the Website and the material published on it. EMA reserves all of its rights with respect to all of its intellectual property.

Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our Website must always be acknowledged.

You must not use any of EMA’s trademarks or any third party trademarks posted on the Website: (a) in or as the

whole or part of your own or any other trademark; (b) in a manner that may be confusing, misleading or deceptive; or (c) in a manner that in EMA’s sole opinion is detrimental to EMA’s reputation or interests or is otherwise inappropriate.

Any Posting uploaded to the Website or any other information sent to EMA becomes EMA’s property and you release and waive all your rights and interest to that information. You remain liable for any claim by any person for any loss, damages, cost or expense of any kind in any way related to that information.

EMA reserves the right to revoke at any time for any reason any license to use its content.

Disclaimer

The content on this Website is subject to change at any time without notice.  However, please note that any of the content may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update it. We do not guarantee that the Website, or any content on it, will be free from errors or omissions, or is suitable for any particular purpose. The content of the Website is intended for informational purposes only and is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely; your use of any information or materials on this Website is provided on an “as is basis”.

While we try to make the Website available all the time, neither EMA nor any third parties guarantee that the Website will be free from any interruption or access denial. Access to the Website is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our Website without notice.

We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software.

From time to time, this Website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that EMA endorses or approve the website(s) and their content. EMA has no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).

Limitation of Liability

Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by applicable law.

EMA (and its officers, directors, employees, shareholders and agents) excludes all liability and responsibility for any amount or kind of loss or damage that may result to you or a third party in connection with your access to, use of, inability to use or the results of use of the Website.


You agree that in no event shall EMA be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, exemplary or consequential loss or damages such as any loss of reputation, income, profits, goodwill, data, contracts, use of money, or loss or damages arising from or connected in any way to business interruption; and any loss or damage due to viruses that may infect your computer equipment, software, data or other property. 

Violation of the Terms

EMA reserves the right to remove or delete any information or content uploaded on the Website, deny or restrict access to the Website to any person or organisation or to block access from an individual internet access address or geographical territory to the Website, at any time and at its sole discretion.
Unauthorised use of this Website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence and EMA reserves the right to take any appropriate action, including legal action, to protect EMA’s rights under these Terms.
You agree to hold harmless and defend EMA and of its officers, directors, employees, shareholders or agents of any of them (whether or not involved in creating, producing, maintaining or delivering the Website) against any loss, liability, claim or demand including reasonable attorneys’ fees made by any third party arising out of or in connection with your use of the Website in violation of these Terms or any Posting uploaded by you on the Website.

Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the Federal laws of the United Arab Emirates as applicable therein. Disputes arising in connection with these Terms and the Privacy Policy shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.


EMA may co-operate with any law enforcement authorities of the United Arab Emirates, or any court order issued by the courts of the United Arab Emirates, or any order or direction issued by the Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the United Arab Emirates requesting or directing EMA to disclose the identity or locate anyone posting any material in purported or suspected breach of any clauses of these Terms or any applicable laws.

Miscellaneous

If any provision of these Terms is held by any competent authority to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, the validity of the other provisions of these Terms and the remainder of the provisions in question shall not be affected.


All notices shall be given to EMA via email at hello@emiratimusicians.ae