“Publication” means any print title, website, database, archive or other publication or product (existing now or created in the future) in any medium or format (existing now or created in the future), including print, electronic, audio, video and digital publications and products, and all that publication’ s or product’s issues, editions, versions, parts, archives, supplements, digests, and spin-off compilations of articles, however accessed (including by PC, tablet, other portable device), and however delivered (including online services, news feeds, apps, social media or other digital delivery).

“Work” means any copyright work as defined in copyright legislation (including written material in articles and letters, photographs, sound, video and graphic materials) which is commissioned by us or submitted to us and covers all material gathered or created in connection with a Work which is background material or which remains unused.

References to the “use” of a Work include reproduction, display, publication, transmission, distribution, storage and any other use or re-use in whole or part and translation into any language.

Any words following the words ‘including’, ‘include’, ‘in particular’, ‘for example’ or any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words, description, definition, phrase or term preceding those words.

Unless the context otherwise requires, words in the singular shall include the plural and in the plural shall include the singular.

Notices required to be in writing may include emails.

the right to use and re-use the Work in any of our Publications;

the right to syndicate or make spot sales of the Work (directly or through agencies) for its use in Publications published by third parties;

the right to use your Work in any archive or database in any medium or format and to make such archive or database available to the public (whether or not for a fee);

the right to edit, amend, cut, translate or otherwise alter your Work as we may consider appropriate;

the right to make compilations of your Works for the same uses licensed by this agreement;

the right to authorise My Wokingham and similar reprographic rights agencies to distribute or license the distribution of your Work (or links to your Work in our Publications online) for its licensed purposes as may be amended from time to time;

the right to authorise third party electronic information providers (for example Lexis Nexis or Factiva) to use your Work as used in our Publications in their databases in any medium or format for searching and copying by their end users and to sub-license your Work for use in Publications by their third party publisher customers;

in the case of Work commissioned or purchased for commercial editorial uses, such as sponsored supplements or advertorials, the right to authorise the use of the Work in the Publications of our commercial clients;

the right to use the title, format and any pseudonym associated with the Work; and

the right to use the Work and any image of you or other personal details for the purposes of publicity or marketing or any other purpose in connection with the exercise of our rights under this agreement with you.

it is your own original work (or you have the right to authorise us to use the Work) and (unless otherwise stated by you in writing) it has not been previously published in print or online;

you have obtained any necessary consent or licence required for our use of the Work under this agreement and our acceptance or use of the Work will not infringe any person’s rights, including copyright and other intellectual property rights, performance rights, or rights of privacy or confidentiality, data protection or any other right;

in producing your Work you have complied with the Data Protection Act 1998;

your Work is not defamatory of any person or other legal entity; and

our acceptance or use of the Work will not put us in contempt of court or otherwise in breach of civil or criminal law (including laws relating to harassment, trespass, bribery or disclosure of personal data).

does not comply with the Editorial Code of Practice or which otherwise puts you in breach of these Terms; or

does not achieve a suitable standard of editorial quality.

you will tell the Editor of our relevant Publication without delay if you become aware at any time of any information that may cast doubt on information or claims affecting or contained in your Work or any other legal or compliance risk relating to the Work; and

if you become aware of any complaint about your Work at any time, you should not reply to the complainant but rather notify the Editor of our relevant Publication immediately in writing.