These Terms of Use are subject to change without notice. You should therefore visit this page regularly to check the latest version. The continued use of this site after a change to the terms has been made is your acceptance of the change.
The use of this website is subject to the following terms:
The content on this website is for your information and use only.
While we endeavour to keep the information up-to-date and correct, neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we exclude liability for any inaccuracies or errors.
Your use of any information or materials on this website is at your own risk. It shall be your responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your requirements.
This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the guidelines below.
Trademarks reproduced on this website, which are not the property of, or licensed to the SoA, are acknowledged on this website.
Unauthorised use of the members’ section of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.
External links
Through this website you are able to link to other websites which are not under the control of the Society of Authors. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and we have no control over the availability or content of the linked pages. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorsement of the views expressed within them.
Links to the Society of Authors website are permitted to the extent that they provide access to the most recent version of the site and enable full access to all publicly accessible areas of the site.
Copyright notice and guidelines
Unless stated otherwise, this website and its contents are the copyright of the Society of Authors. All rights reserved. Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than the following:
- You may print or download to a local hard disk extracts for your personal and non-commercial use only.
- You may copy the content of the public section of this website to individual third parties for their personal use, but only if you acknowledge the Society of Authors as the source of the material.
- You may not, except with our permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content. Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.
Intellectual property rights
The intellectual property rights (including without limitation copyright and database right) to the content in this website rest in and are the property of the Society of Authors unless otherwise indicated.
Content may be downloaded for personal, non-commercial use only. In all other cases, content may only be copied, stored, published or otherwise distributed (including electronically), with the written prior permission of the Society of Authors.
Virus protection
We make every effort to check and test material at all stages of production. However, it is always wise for you to run an anti-virus programme on all material downloaded from the internet. We cannot accept responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur whilst using material derived from this website.
Contact us
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These terms of use were last updated in August 2016.