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Information, Disclaimers and Terms & Conditions Of
Use
Big Brother Online (hereafter referred to as 'this Site') uses reasonable
care to make sure that the information on this Site is accurate. However,
the nature of the site is such that 'opinion' is given, not only by our
own editorial staff and contributors, but also by visitors to the site.
Where visitors may post or make comments in our Forums and Chat Rooms,
we will endeavour to edit the Forum postings regularly and our Chat Rooms
will be moderated by humans periodically. However we will not be held
liable for any direct or indirect offence or consequential loss or damage
arising out of, or in connection with, any information found within these,
or any sections of the Site. None of the material contained in this Site
is to be relied upon as a statement or representation of fact and should
be checked with the appropriate party. E&OE. We will not be held liable
for the content of any external sites found within our Links section or
our dedicated Links microsite.
Hypertext Links
Big Brother Online has not necessarily sanctioned the linking-to this
Site from other web sites. Therefore, we cannot be liable for the content
of such sites i.e. those that contain a link to the Big Brother Online
Site. Furthermore, we are not necessarily affiliated-with, friends of,
sponsored-by or linked (commercially or otherwise), with web sites or
companies that link to us. You may link to this Site, but only to the
URL http://www.bigbrotheronline.co.uk/ (our Home page); you must not deep
link i.e. link directly to a specific page/URL within the Big Brother
Online Site, or to an external Poll URL which is exclusive to us, other
than the Home page (URL above.) It would be preferable that you seek permission
before linking to this Site and/or inform us that you intend to do so.
We reserve the right to request the removal of any link to this Site,
without giving prior warning, notice or reason.
Transmitted Material
Any material or information transmitted-to, sent-to or posted-to this
Site by any means will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary
and may be disseminated or stored or used by Big Brother Online or its
affiliates for any purpose whatsoever including not limited to publishing,
marketing or sales. Furthermore, said material or information (other than
personal information such as e-mail address etc.) will become the Copyright
of Big Brother Online upon receipt, unless previously published. Do not
post or transmit, to or from this Site, any unlawful, threatening, defamatory,
obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic or profane material or
any other material which could give rise to any civil or criminal liability
in the territory to which this Site relates. By using the Forums and Chat
rooms on this Site for the purpose of posting your own opinion, you agree
to the above. Do not post Copyrighted property into our Forums or Chat
Rooms without i. seeking permission from the copyright holder and ii.
acknowledging the source.
Copyright
The design-of (including layout and colours) and all content within this
Site, is the Copyright of Big Brother Online unless otherwise stated.
This includes our News articles, Forum content and Poll information. It
is NOT permitted for any other party to use, copy, reproduce or distribute
the recognisable design or content of the Site (including text, static/animated
graphic images, video clips) without the prior permission of Big Brother
Online.
To clarify: you cannot take, copy or alter any of our intellectual property
for use on your own website or publication, without seeking prior permission.
Also, you cannot take News articles or other content such as Forum quotes
or Poll information from this Site and post it into Forums on other websites
without i. seeking permission and ii. acknowledging the source, complete
with a linked URL. Big Brother Online regularly checks other related websites
for unauthorised use of its intellectual property and may take immediate
action if found.
Trademarks
The service marks and logos (the Trademarks) used and displayed within
this Site are trademarks of Big Brother Online and other companies. They
may not be used in any advertising or other publicity materials in relation
to the distribution of any information or materials obtained from this
Site without the prior written consent of the Trademark owner. No other
Big Brother related website in the UK can claim to be, or infer that they
are 'Big Brother Online', without flouting the established trademark of
this Site.
Big Brother Online, bbo, BBO and the Big Brother Online
logo are trademarks of Big Brother Online.co.uk in the United Kingdom.
Big Brother is a trademark of Endemol.
Disclaimer: The Big Brother Online Site is not
connected in any way, commercial or otherwise, with Channel 4, Endemol,
or Bazal, or their respective websites. To clarify, the Big Brother Online
Site is NOT the Official (Channel 4) Big Brother website and is independently
owned and run.
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