WEBSITE TERMS OF USE
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF USE
THE COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION OF MUSIC COPYRIGHTS "AUTODIA-CIVIL COOPERATIVE LIMITED LIABILITY", hereinafter referred to as "The Organization", manages the website autodia.gr, hereinafter referred to as "the Website", and any information or element (e.g. photographs, texts, graphs) contained therein, hereinafter referred to as "the Material", for the purpose of presenting to the public information regarding its operation and business activity.
Use of the Website and the Material is subject to these Terms of Use, hereinafter referred to as "the Terms of Use", as in effect at any time, which constitute the agreement between the Organization and each person visiting the Website regarding its use, hereinafter referred to as "the User or Users".
Accessing and using the Website in any way (including simply browsing it) indicates the User's unconditional acceptance of the Terms of Use, as applicable at any time.
MODIFICATION OF TERMS OF USE
The Organization reserves the right to modify the Terms of Use and any other rules governing the use of the Website at its sole discretion, notifying each time of any modification by means of a relevant announcement on the homepage of the Website. The Terms of Use will indicate the date of their last update.
The continued use of the Website by the User after such an announcement constitutes acceptance of these changes.
Use of the Website is subject to the Terms of Use in effect at the time of use. The User should periodically check the Terms of Use to be informed of their content and is solely responsible for keeping himself/herself updated.
MORE SPECIAL TERMS
If the use of any service of the Website is regulated by more specific terms of use, such terms shall be considered as a whole with these Terms of Use. However, in the event of a conflict, the more specific terms of use of each service shall prevail.
USE OF THE WEBSITE BY MINORS
By accepting the Terms of Use, the User declares that he/she is an adult over 18 years of age or, if under 18 years of age, that he/she has received the necessary consent from his/her parent(s) and that he/she will provide his/her details if requested. Parents of minors must protect them from access to content addressed to adults and are solely responsible in the event of a failure to do so.
It is the policy of the Organization not to pre-screen the material or information provided by each user. The Organization bears no responsibility for any access via the Internet to information, goods and services that are contrary to the law, good morals or are unsuitable or inappropriate for certain categories of persons and in particular for minors.
If the user believes that the Material or part thereof infringes in any way his rights or the rights of third parties, he may send a relevant e-mail to [email protected], specifying precisely the Material or part of the Material that he considers offensive and the reasons supporting his claim.
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR THE CONTENT
The Website is used "as is", subject to modifications by the Organization, without the possibility of modifications or other interventions by the User.
The Organization makes every effort to make the use of the Website safe and to provide accurate, complete, valid, reliable and up-to-date information through it. However, Users acknowledge and accept that, given the nature and evolution of the Organization's products and services, as well as the nature and technical needs of the Internet, the latter may not be able to always exercise full control over the entire content and security of the Website and its services.
The Organization neither commits, nor guarantees, nor assumes any responsibility regarding the legality or otherwise of the use of the Website by Users and regarding the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of the content of the Website and its security. Therefore, Users agree that they must evaluate the content and are solely responsible for their actions based on the use of the Website, including any decision they make to rely on the correctness, completeness and/or validity of its content.
The use of the site is at the user's own risk. The Organization, its employees and directors, its representatives or any third party involved in the creation, production or publication of the website are not liable, to the extent that exclusion of liability is permitted by law, for any direct, indirect, moral, positive or other type of damage arising from or in connection with the use of the website or the material, including, but not limited to, the inadvertent receipt of computer viruses from the website or from electronic messages sent from/to it.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
The Website may contain links to websites owned or operated by third parties outside the Organization. These links are provided for the convenience of the User only. The Organization does not control and is not responsible for the operation, content, privacy policies or security of these sites. For example, the Organization is not responsible if third party websites:
- violate the rights of a third party,
- are not secure or are inaccurate, incomplete or misleading,
- contain viruses or other destructive programs.
The Organization does not endorse the content or products or services offered on these sites and is not affiliated with the administrators of these sites. Where the Website refers via "links" or hyperlinks to other websites, the owners and/or administrators of these pages bear full (civil and criminal) responsibility for the security, legality and validity of their content of their websites, excluding any liability of the Organization, such as, but not limited to, liability for infringement of intellectual and industrial property rights. If the User connects to these sites, he bears the sole risk of such connection and access, without any involvement of the Organization.
INTERNATIONAL ACCESS
The Website is accessible from all over the world. The Website may refer to products or services that are not available in each User's country. Such references do not imply that the Organization intends to make such products available in those countries.
The Organization, which is subject to Greek law, controls, manages and is responsible for the operation of the Website. Without prejudice to the provisions of these terms regarding the Organization's responsibility for the content, the Organization does not guarantee and bears no responsibility regarding whether the Website, the Material, the products and/or services referred to therein are legal in countries outside Greece. If the user accesses the Website from a location outside Greece, he is solely responsible for his compliance with local laws.
INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY - LICENSE GRANT
Property Rights
The Website, including its software, as well as the Material contained therein, constitutes the intellectual and/or industrial property of the Organization and is protected by the relevant provisions of Greek, Community and international law for the protection of intellectual and industrial property. Furthermore, the composition of the content and the arrangement of the elements contained on the Website belong exclusively to the Organization and are protected by the relevant provisions of Greek, Community and international law. The User is hereby not granted any ownership right over the Website and the Material, except for the powers of use expressly provided for in these Terms of Use.
The Organization hereby expressly reserves all intellectual property rights in each and all elements of the Website, as well as in the Material, such as, but not limited to, intellectual property rights, industrial property rights in product or service marks, trade names, distinctive features, etc.
License Grant – Use Restrictions
Provided that the User complies with the Terms of Use and the Privacy & Personal Data Protection Policy, the Organization grants him a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable and non-assignable license to access, load, display on the screen of his device the Website and the Material and generally to use it for the purpose specified in these Terms of Use. In this regard, each User acknowledges and accepts that the Website and its Material are intended only for personal and non-commercial use. Each User is entitled to “download” and /or copy and/or store an individual part of the Website Material for strictly personal use and not for commercial purposes, without deleting the indications of its origin and on the condition that he will protect all proprietary rights of the Organization from any infringement. For any other purpose, the above actions will only be permissible if they are done with the written consent of the Organization. Access to the Website or any of the aforementioned actions will in no case result in the creation of any right, title or legal interest in any part or the whole of the Website that was "downloaded" and/or copied and/or stored.
Except for the expressly permitted uses mentioned above, the Website and its Materials may not be reproduced, copied, leased, sold, sublicensed, assigned, transferred, exported, transmitted, retransmitted or distributed in whole or in part in any way by any User, nor may it be lent or granted for use. In no case may the Website be used for commercial purposes. The modification, adaptation, adaptation, translation or any other transformation of the Website and the Materials and the creation of derivative works or improvements are expressly prohibited. Similarly, disassembly, reconstruction or otherwise attempt to obtain the source code of the Website, or the decompilation (except to the extent permitted by law) is prohibited. The creation and/or publication of a database containing significant parts of the Website is also not permitted without the prior express consent of the Organization.
Based on the above, the User undertakes not to create a derivative work based on the content of the Website, not to copy, reproduce, republish, "upload", modify, transmit, sell or exploit in any way in whole or in part the Website, the related software or its Material. Furthermore, he undertakes not to index the Website, not to frame it with another website, not to insert it as a link for direct access from another website to its internal information, not to copy its location to another server by creating an image and not to promise a right to a third party from the Website, without the express prior written consent of the Organization.
Also, actions to circumvent or violate the security rules or content usage rules provided for, implemented or enforced by any functionality (including but not limited to digital rights management functionality) contained on the Website are prohibited. The use of the Website to access, copy, transfer, encode or retransmit content in violation of any law or the rights of the Organization or third parties is prohibited, as well as the removal, concealment or falsification of copyright statements, trademarks or statements of other exclusive rights of the Organization or third parties that are affixed to or contained in or made accessible in connection with or through the Website.
It is prohibited to use the Website in any unlawful manner, for any illegal purpose or in violation of applicable laws or regulations of the Greek Intellectual Property Law and related provisions of European and International Law.
By using the Website, Users unconditionally accept, agree and covenant that they make lawful and appropriate use of it, in particular in accordance with the terms set forth herein.
Use of the Website in violation of the Terms of Use is strictly prohibited and will automatically terminate the aforementioned license. The license granted to the User may be revoked freely by the Organization without prior notice.
It is a basic principle of the Organization's policy to respect and protect the intellectual property rights of third parties. If, however, the user believes that his intellectual property rights are being violated through the Website, he may inform the company by sending an e-mail to the e-mail address [email protected], specifying the part of the Website that he considers to be infringing on his rights, as well as the reasons he considers to constitute the infringement.
PERSONAL DATA AND PRIVACY PROTECTION
By logging in, navigating and registering/entering your details during your use of the Organization's website, you accept the Organization's Privacy Policy and consent to the personal data and any other information being used by the Organization for simple identification or possible management in the context of your cooperation with the Organization. In any case, visit the link: PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY and be informed about the privacy policy and personal data management which is an integral part of these Terms of Use.
OFFICIAL SERVICE
The User agrees not to create or provide ways in which participation on the Website can be carried out from other websites or in a manner not approved by the Organization.
The user undertakes and agrees not to use electromechanical computer equipment or software, or any other method not approved by the Organization, which will affect the Website.
AVAILABILITY AND SECURITY
Availability and Smooth Operation
The Organization makes every reasonable effort to maintain and make the Website available. Users, however, acknowledge that the Internet is an insecure medium and that the availability of websites may be affected by users' equipment, other communications networks, internet connection providers, the large number of people attempting to use the Website at the same time or other causes. For these reasons, Users agree that the Organization shall not be liable for any interruption or malfunction of the Website.
The Website and the Organization have no relationship with the provision of internet connection services and the User remains solely responsible for paying all debts to the relevant providers of the relevant services and ensuring his access to the Internet.
Users agree and accept that the Organization may modify and/or temporarily or permanently discontinue the operation of all or part of the Website with and/or without notice to the Users. For this reason, the Organization shall not be liable for any type of damage due to the interruption or improper operation of the Website or the inability of Users to access it, the cessation of all or parts of it, the delay, non-delivery, interruption or poor quality of reception of its services or the loss of its content or the existence of any type of errors. The Organization does not guarantee that the Website will be compatible with the computer, hardware and software of each User.
SOFTWARE AVAILABLE AT THIS LOCATION
The copyright or other rights in the software available for visiting the Website belong to the company or its providers/ licensors. In order to access information on the Website, the User may have to sign a license with third-party software providers. The User's ability to access this information may depend on whether he has signed such licenses. The use of such software is governed by the terms of any license agreement contained in the software. The Organization assumes no responsibility for the arrangement of such licenses. It is recommended not to install or use software if the User has not received the relevant license. If the User, however, proceeds with such actions despite the lack of license, he bears the risk himself.
MAINTENANCE
In any case, the Organization reserves the right at any time to temporarily or permanently discontinue the operation of all or part of the Website for maintenance or upgrade purposes or for any reason, without any further liability.
SAFETY
Although the Organization makes every effort to protect the Website from digital viruses and/or any other type of harmful or destructive files (or programs) designed to interfere with, destroy or limit the operation of any software or telecommunications equipment, it cannot guarantee that the Website will never be affected by such elements. Therefore, the integrity and preservation of each User's software systems and equipment is at his own discretion and the Organization will not be liable in the event of the Users' electronic equipment (software and hardware) being affected by viruses and other harmful files as set out above.
OBLIGATIONS OF USERS
Users accept and agree that they will make lawful use of the Website. Users undertake, by way of example and not limitation, that by using the Website:
- will not act in a manner that prevents and/or makes impossible the smooth and/or lawful use of the Website and other websites connected to it by other users
- will not act in a manner that infringes the intellectual or industrial property rights of the Organization or third parties (for information on intellectual property protection, please read the Intellectual Property Protection)
- will not act in a manner that misleads any third party as to the origin of the content of the Website and/or damages in any way the reputation of the Organization
- will not install, promote and/or transmit in any way through the Website digital viruses and/or any other type of harmful or destructive files and/or programs designed to destroy or limit the operation of any software or telecommunications equipment or to prevent other users from using the Website,
- will not install or promote in any way unsolicited or not explicitly approved by the Organization advertising messages in any form, unsolicited electronic messages (spam) and in general will not proceed to promote unwanted information in any way
- will not "upload" or transmit in any way material and information that they are not entitled to disclose under legal provisions or private agreements (e.g. confidential information)
- will not act in a way that violates any rights or the personality of third parties and in a way that causes harm to a minor
- will not interfere with or compromise the security or otherwise cause damage to the Website, the Material hosted on it, the source codes (source code) of the software that constitutes it, on the server where it is hosted and/or on networks connected to or accessible through the Website or other websites connected to it.
- will not pursue a purpose that is prohibited by these Terms of Use
- will not take any action that could constitute or encourage conduct that could be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law
- will not publish or transmit any material with threatening, untrue, misleading, offensive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, immoral, scandalous, pornographic or blasphemous content. The Organization will cooperate fully with all law enforcement authorities and will fully comply with any court order requesting or ordering the disclosure of the identity of any person publishing or transmitting such information and material.
- will not collect email addresses or other user information from the Website by electronic or other means and with the aim of making unsolicited commercial or other communication with them
- will not "upload", transmit, store or make publicly available photographs of third parties without their consent.
- will inform the company immediately upon becoming aware of any illegal or prohibited use of the Website by third parties
It is expressly clarified that the use of the Website for advertising or offers by the user is prohibited, unless there is an express agreement to the contrary with the company.
The use of any element of the Material other than as provided for in these terms of use, without the written permission of the Organization, is strictly prohibited. In the event of a violation of the terms of use, the Organization will make full use of the legal remedies provided to it by law, including criminal prosecution.
VIOLATION OF TERMS OF USE
In any case of violation of these Terms of Use, Users will be obliged to compensate for any positive and/or consequential damage suffered by the Organization. The Organization's failure to exercise its rights arising from these Terms of Use does not imply a waiver of these rights.
The Organization expressly reserves the right to supervise the implementation of these rules at its absolute discretion.
COMPENSATION
The User agrees to protect, defend and indemnify the Organization, its partners, employees and the Organization's personnel in general for any damage and expense, without limitation, that it may suffer, and which results from or is related, directly or indirectly, to misuse by the User of the Website or to a violation of the Terms of Use.
EXPIRY
The Organization reserves the right to terminate, without penalty and without any further liability, the agreement it enters with each User hereunder immediately and without notice, if the User violates the Terms of Use or part thereof or if it is unable to confirm information provided by the User in the context of using the Website.
FULL AGREEMENT - SEVERABILITY
These Terms of Use, together with any other rules to which they refer, or which are located on the Website, constitute the entire agreement between the Organization and each User regarding the use of the Website. If for any reason any of these Terms of Use is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid and unenforceable, the validity and force of the remaining terms shall not be affected or impaired.
USER'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMPANY
The User agrees that no relationship of representative - represented, representative - represented, relationship of cooperation or partnership of any kind or employment relationship is created between him and the Organization because of the use of the Website by the User.
MEANS OF EVIDENCE
The printed version of the Website and the Terms of Use and any correspondence in electronic form will be accepted as evidence before judicial or administrative authorities.
APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION
These Terms of Use and any amendments thereto are governed by Greek Law. For any dispute that may arise from and during the use of this website and which cannot be resolved out of court, the competent courts of Athens shall be deemed competent.
COMMUNICATION
For any questions or clarifications regarding the Terms of Use of the Website, Users can contact the telephone number 2103215278 and the email address: [email protected].
CANCELLATION/WITHDRAWAL POLICY
The user has the right to withdraw from obtaining the public performance license for the SELF-MANAGEMENT's represented repertoire within 14 calendar days from the day following the payment of the amount (partial or total) of the relevant royalties/fee, based on the relevant agreement.
In order to exercise the right of withdrawal, the user must inform us of his decision to withdraw from the receipt of this public performance license for the represented repertoire of AUTODIA, by a clear statement, such as a letter sent by registered mail to the headquarters of AUTODIA or by email to the email address [email protected]. He may also complete and submit electronically the withdrawal form template or any other clear statement from the Digital Portal email address (my.autodia.gr). If this option is used, we will send the user without delay on a durable medium (e.g. email) confirmation of receipt of his withdrawal.
To meet the withdrawal period, it is sufficient for the user to send their declaration of exercising their right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period expires.
If the user withdraws from the public performance of the music license as above, all monies received from him/her will be refunded, without undue delay and in any event within fourteen (14) calendar days from the day we are informed of his/her decision to withdraw from the license. The above refund will be made using the same means of payment that the user used for the initial transaction, and no fees will be charged for such a refund.
In this case, we inform you that for the legal use of the musical works of the represented repertoire of the SELF-MANAGEMENT, the prior granting of relevant written permission by our organization is required, based on the applicable legislation. We point out that the use of the represented repertoire of the SELF-MANAGEMENT without our written permission constitutes a tort and incurs all civil and criminal penalties provided for in Law 2121/93.
WITHDRAWAL SAMPLE
(complete and return this form only if you wish to withdraw from receiving the SELF-MANAGEMENT public performance permit)
To the COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION OF MUSIC COPYRIGHTS THE SELF-MANAGEMENT CIVIL COOPERATIVE LIMITED LIABILITY, based in Marousi, Attica, at 3 Sabah-Houri Street, with electronic address …………………:
I hereby give notice that I withdraw from obtaining the public performance of music license for the period ……………………, for my business ………………… (insert business name/surname, address, distinctive store title and address, VAT number)
for which I paid on …………………..the amount of …………, as consideration or the total of the corresponding rights/remuneration.
Username/Last Name
User and business address
Date
User signature
(only if this form is sent in paper form).